Charles Sumner: “All these are within your power, if you now let it be known that you…”

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All these are within your power, if you now let it be known that you will stand by the Declaration to the end.

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Massachusetts

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He asserts that standing by the Declaration of Independence empowers individuals and institutions.

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Charles Sumner: “All these are within your power, if you now let it be known that you will stand by the Declaration to the end.”