Charles Sumner: “If they come for citizenship, then in this desire do they give a…”

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If they come for citizenship, then in this desire do they give a pledge of loyalty to our institutions; and where is the peril in such vows?

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Massachusetts

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He argues that the desire for citizenship signifies loyalty to American institutions.

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