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Charles Sumner: “You may rest assured that the true, radical, Free State men of Kansas have no kind of sympathy with those who are so…”

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You may rest assured that the true, radical, Free State men of Kansas have no kind of sympathy with those who are so solicitous lest that speech should have injured our prospects for admission.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner reassures that true supporters of Kansas have no sympathy for those worried about the impact of a speech on their political prospects.

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