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It seems as if Providence presented this occasion in order to give you an easy opportunity of asserting a principle infinitely valuable to the whole country.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It seems as if Providence presented this occasion in order to give you an easy opportunity of asserting a principle…”
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Sumner believes that a current opportunity allows for a significant assertion of valuable principles for the nation.
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