Charles Sumner: “Common prudence, to say nothing of common humanity, required this…”

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Common prudence, to say nothing of common humanity, required this consummation, without which there would have been a short-lived truce only.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that common sense and humanity demanded the end of slavery for lasting peace.

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Charles Sumner: “Common prudence, to say nothing of common humanity, required this consummation, without which there would have been a…”