Charles Sumner: “No Rebel State should be readmitted, unless bound irrevocably to the…”

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No Rebel State should be readmitted, unless bound irrevocably to the support of the national debt and the payment of the interest.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues against the readmission of Rebel States without financial commitments to the national debt.

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Charles Sumner: “No Rebel State should be readmitted, unless bound irrevocably to the support of the national debt and the payment of the…”