Charles Sumner: “Next comes the Remedy of Folly, which, indeed, is also a Remedy of…”

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Next comes the Remedy of Folly, which, indeed, is also a Remedy of Tyranny; but its Folly is so surpassing as to eclipse even its Tyranny.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques a proposed remedy that he sees as both foolish and tyrannical.

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Charles Sumner: “Next comes the Remedy of Folly, which, indeed, is also a Remedy of Tyranny; but its Folly is so surpassing as to eclipse…”