Charles Sumner: “Opposition, whether open hostility or more subtle treachery, will…”

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Opposition, whether open hostility or more subtle treachery, will yield to the steady influence of such a representative.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that any opposition will be overcome by the influence of a strong representative for equal rights.

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