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God knows that I would peril my life in defence of any State of this Union, if assailed by a foreign foe.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “God knows that I would peril my life in defence of any State of this Union, if assailed by a foreign foe.”
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Sumner expresses his willingness to defend any state in the Union against foreign threats.
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