Charles Sumner: “Nullification and Secession are already, like the extinct monsters of…”

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Nullification and Secession are already, like the extinct monsters of a former geological period, to be seen only in the museum of History.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that nullification and secession are relics of the past, no longer relevant in history.

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Charles Sumner: “Nullification and Secession are already, like the extinct monsters of a former geological period, to be seen only in the…”