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He charges us with hostile designs, because we recognized belligerent rights in the Confederates; but he utters no word of complaint against France, who recognized these at the same date and in the same terms.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “He charges us with hostile designs, because we recognized belligerent rights in the Confederates; but he utters no word…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner points out the inconsistency in criticisms directed at the United States while ignoring similar actions by France.
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