Charles Sumner: “Without hesitation I say that the Rebels must be subdued,--call it…”

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Without hesitation I say that the Rebels must be subdued,--call it coercion or subjugation, whichever you please: our war has this direct object.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner firmly states that the Rebels must be subdued, regardless of the terminology used to describe the military action.

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