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Charles Sumner: “And yet we fold our hands, and decline to supply the needed protection.”

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And yet we fold our hands, and decline to supply the needed protection.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes the inaction of Congress in providing necessary protection for those in danger.

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