Charles Sumner: “Long before the war, and especially in the discussions which preceded…”

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Long before the war, and especially in the discussions which preceded it, these Rebels were fiery and most unscrupulous.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the rebellious nature of certain factions before the Civil War.

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Charles Sumner: “Long before the war, and especially in the discussions which preceded it, these Rebels were fiery and most unscrupulous.”