Charles Sumner: “The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned…”

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The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the people have rejected corrupt leaders, showcasing the power of public opinion in democracy.

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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “The free people of these United States have spoken, and consigned these wicked demagogues to their proper doom.”