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The establishment of the Confederacy is, verily, a distinct reaction against the whole course of the mistaken civilization of the age.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The establishment of the Confederacy is, verily, a distinct reaction against the whole course of the mistaken…”
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He describes the Confederacy as a reaction against the progress of civilization, critiquing its backwardness.
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