Charles Sumner: “Even now, while I speak, portents lower in the horizon, threatening to…”

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Even now, while I speak, portents lower in the horizon, threatening to darken the land, which already palpitates with the mutterings of civil war.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns of impending dangers that could lead to civil war, reflecting the tense atmosphere of the time.

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