Charles Sumner: “There they stand like so many granite columns, fit supports of that…”

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There they stand like so many granite columns, fit supports of that internal commerce, in itself a chief support of the Union.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of infrastructure as a foundation for national unity and commerce.

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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

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

Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

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

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Charles Sumner: “There they stand like so many granite columns, fit supports of that internal commerce, in itself a chief support of the…”