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Charles Sumner: “The men who strive to bring back the Government to its original policy, when Freedom and not Slavery was national, while…”

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The men who strive to bring back the Government to its original policy, when Freedom and not Slavery was national, while Slavery and not Freedom was sectional, he arraigns as sectional.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes those who wish to return the government to a pro-freedom stance, labeling them as sectional despite their intentions.

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