Charles Sumner: “Had he used any other word, the concession of belligerency would have…”

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Had he used any other word, the concession of belligerency would have been without justification, even such as is now imagined.

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Massachusetts

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He asserts that the choice of words by Lincoln was crucial in justifying the concession of belligerency.

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Charles Sumner: “Had he used any other word, the concession of belligerency would have been without justification, even such as is now…”