Charles Sumner: “Let it now take stand between the living and dead, and cause this…”

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Let it now take stand between the living and dead, and cause this plague to be stayed.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for action to stop the violence and oppression occurring in Kansas, likening it to a plague.

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Charles Sumner: “Let it now take stand between the living and dead, and cause this plague to be stayed.”