Charles Sumner: “Through these eminent functionaries the treason was organized and…”

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Through these eminent functionaries the treason was organized and directed, while their important posts were prostituted to its infamy.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that high-ranking officials were complicit in treasonous activities against the government.

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Charles Sumner: “Through these eminent functionaries the treason was organized and directed, while their important posts were prostituted…”