Charles Sumner: “You put the infant State, now preparing to take a place in our…”

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You put the infant State, now preparing to take a place in our sisterhood, to suckle the wolf which you ought at once to kill.

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Massachusetts

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This metaphor illustrates the danger of allowing a corrupt entity to gain power over a vulnerable state.

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

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

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Charles Sumner: “You put the infant State, now preparing to take a place in our sisterhood, to suckle the wolf which you ought at once to…”