Charles Sumner: “If we have failed thus far in knowledge of the enemy’s designs, it is…”

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If we have failed thus far in knowledge of the enemy’s designs, it is because this absurd policy has prevailed.

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Sumner attributes failures in understanding the enemy's plans to the absurd policy of excluding slaves.

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Charles Sumner: “If we have failed thus far in knowledge of the enemy’s designs, it is because this absurd policy has prevailed.”