Charles Sumner: “Whether the State be revived and permitted to return to the Union…”

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Whether the State be revived and permitted to return to the Union depends entirely on the good pleasure of the Federal authority.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that the revival of a seceded State is contingent upon the Federal authority's decision.

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Charles Sumner: “Whether the State be revived and permitted to return to the Union depends entirely on the good pleasure of the Federal…”