Charles Sumner: “By such men, and under the benign influence of such sentiments, was…”

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By such men, and under the benign influence of such sentiments, was the National Government inaugurated, and dedicated to Freedom.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the National Government was established with a dedication to freedom, influenced by abolitionist sentiments.

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Charles Sumner: “By such men, and under the benign influence of such sentiments, was the National Government inaugurated, and dedicated…”