Charles Sumner: “If these two objects interest you, then, I say, do not allow them to…”

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If these two objects interest you, then, I say, do not allow them to be sacrificed in subserviency to State Rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns against sacrificing national interests for the sake of state rights.

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Charles Sumner: “If these two objects interest you, then, I say, do not allow them to be sacrificed in subserviency to State Rights.”