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Charles Sumner: “The national character will be changed, and this hospitable continent, no longer the prosperous home of the poor and…”

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The national character will be changed, and this hospitable continent, no longer the prosperous home of the poor and friendless, thronging from the Old World, will become a repulsive scene of confusion and strife, while “each new day a gash is added to her wounds.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner predicts a grim future for America if it succumbs to strife and division.

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