Charles Sumner: “We have a message from the President which is like the whitewashing…”

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We have a message from the President which is like the whitewashing message of Franklin Pierce with regard to the enormities in Kansas.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes a message from the President, comparing it to a previous administration's handling of issues in Kansas.

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