Charles Sumner: “The Rebellion, which tempted so many other powers into its embrace…”

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The Rebellion, which tempted so many other powers into its embrace, could not draw Russia from her habitual good-will.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out that despite the Civil War, Russia maintained a stance of goodwill towards the United States.

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Charles Sumner: “The Rebellion, which tempted so many other powers into its embrace, could not draw Russia from her habitual good-will.”