Charles Sumner: “There is nothing in practice, nothing in comity, nothing in peace…”

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There is nothing in practice, nothing in comity, nothing in peace, which is not against any such shameful acknowledgment.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that no principles of practice, comity, or peace support the recognition of injustice.

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Charles Sumner: “There is nothing in practice, nothing in comity, nothing in peace, which is not against any such shameful…”