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Charles Sumner: “In all the Colonies he deprecates prejudice, attachment to established forms, a habit of certain taxes, fear of those…”

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In all the Colonies he deprecates prejudice, attachment to established forms, a habit of certain taxes, fear of those which it might be necessary to substitute, the vanity of the Colonies who deem themselves most powerful, and the wretched beginning of national pride.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner identifies various prejudices and issues that hinder the progress of the Colonies.

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