Charles Sumner: “With wailing voice all these cry out against the deadly enemy lurking…”

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With wailing voice all these cry out against the deadly enemy lurking in State pretensions.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner personifies the consequences of state pretensions as voices crying out against their destructive nature.

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Charles Sumner: “With wailing voice all these cry out against the deadly enemy lurking in State pretensions.”