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Charles Sumner: “On this cumulative, irresistible evidence, in concurrence with antecedent history, I rest.”

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On this cumulative, irresistible evidence, in concurrence with antecedent history, I rest.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts his conclusions are based on overwhelming evidence regarding the usurpation in Kansas.

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