Charles Sumner: “The Grand Inquest of the nation, after sleeping on so many enormities…”

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The Grand Inquest of the nation, after sleeping on so many enormities, was awakened by this open defiance.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the awakening of the nation to the President's defiance of the law.

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Charles Sumner: “The Grand Inquest of the nation, after sleeping on so many enormities, was awakened by this open defiance.”