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Charles Sumner: “Surely we cannot err in declaring that an administration cannot be entitled to our support, which, during the short…”

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Surely we cannot err in declaring that an administration cannot be entitled to our support, which, during the short career of a few months only, is marked by such instances of subserviency to the Slave Power, and of infidelity to the great principles of Freedom.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that an administration cannot claim legitimacy if it is subservient to pro-slavery interests.

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