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Charles Sumner: “They were already “America,” or “North America,” (and such was the language of Washington,) thus incidentally…”

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They were already “America,” or “North America,” (and such was the language of Washington,) thus incidentally foreshadowing that coming time when the whole continent, with all its various states, shall be a Plural Unit, with one Constitution, one Liberty, and one Destiny.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner envisions a future where North America is united under a single constitution and destiny.

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