Charles Sumner: “War would not be confined to the two governments representing…”

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War would not be confined to the two governments representing respectively the two hostile principles, Slavery and Liberty.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that war will extend beyond the two opposing governments to the populace.

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Charles Sumner: “War would not be confined to the two governments representing respectively the two hostile principles, Slavery and…”