Charles Sumner: “I value her rice and cotton more than I do her opinions on questions…”

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I value her rice and cotton more than I do her opinions on questions of scholarship and eloquence, of patriotism or of liberty.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner prioritizes the economic contributions of South Carolina over its opinions on more abstract matters like scholarship and liberty.

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