Charles Sumner: “It is that standing menace of Repudiation, by which the national…”

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It is that standing menace of Repudiation, by which the national credit at home and abroad suffers so much, and our taxes are so largely increased.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the threat of repudiation to national credit and the burden it places on taxpayers.

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Charles Sumner: “It is that standing menace of Repudiation, by which the national credit at home and abroad suffers so much, and our…”