Charles Sumner: “It is a Revolution, and its success in pacifying the country will be…”

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It is a Revolution, and its success in pacifying the country will be in proportion to its acceptance by us.

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Sumner describes the political changes as a revolution that requires acceptance for true peace to be achieved.

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Charles Sumner: “It is a Revolution, and its success in pacifying the country will be in proportion to its acceptance by us.”