Charles Sumner: “There is the true principle: “By the sending of men or war material…”

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There is the true principle: “By the sending of men or war material one takes part in the war.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that sending troops or war materials constitutes participation in a war.

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Charles Sumner: “There is the true principle: “By the sending of men or war material one takes part in the war.”