Charles Sumner: “The war can be fought upon no such grounds; and before it closes, we…”

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The war can be fought upon no such grounds; and before it closes, we shall discover that fact.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the war must be fought on just grounds, hinting at the moral complexities involved.

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Charles Sumner: “The war can be fought upon no such grounds; and before it closes, we shall discover that fact.”