Charles Sumner: “The longing for peace, which in existing antagonisms of party was…”

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The longing for peace, which in existing antagonisms of party was without effective expression, at last found free course.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the emergence of a desire for peace amidst party conflicts that had previously stifled it.

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Charles Sumner: “The longing for peace, which in existing antagonisms of party was without effective expression, at last found free…”