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Charles Sumner: “Does it not teach us to be cautious before we commit this great State of Virginia back to the hands of the people that…”

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Does it not teach us to be cautious before we commit this great State of Virginia back to the hands of the people that have swayed it in war against the National Government?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner warns against hastily returning Virginia to those who opposed the National Government.

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