Charles Sumner: “Therefore the battle waged by the Union is for Civilization itself…”

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Therefore the battle waged by the Union is for Civilization itself, and it must have aid and God-speed from all not openly for Barbarism.

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Sumner asserts that the Union's fight is fundamentally a battle for civilization against barbarism.

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Charles Sumner: “Therefore the battle waged by the Union is for Civilization itself, and it must have aid and God-speed from all not…”