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With a Presidential usurper menacing the Republic, and with a large population, counted by millions, looking to Congress for protection, I dare not vote to go home.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “With a Presidential usurper menacing the Republic, and with a large population, counted by millions, looking to Congress…”
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Sumner expresses his commitment to remain in Congress to protect the Republic amidst threats.
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