Charles Sumner: “And what is more, I defy Congress or Government to make the Northern…”

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And what is more, I defy Congress or Government to make the Northern people treat captured Southerners as our sons are treated by them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that Northern people cannot be compelled to treat captured Southerners inhumanely.

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Charles Sumner: “And what is more, I defy Congress or Government to make the Northern people treat captured Southerners as our sons are…”