Charles Sumner: “It is a noble declaration, but a simple declaration,--a paper bullet…”

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It is a noble declaration, but a simple declaration,--a paper bullet, that kills no one, and fixes and maintains the rights of no one.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques a declaration as ineffective in protecting rights, likening it to a 'paper bullet.'

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