Charles Sumner: “And yet these people announce that they accept the existing state of…”

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And yet these people announce that they accept the existing state of things, and that it is their honest purpose to abide thereby!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses skepticism about the sincerity of those who claim to accept the current social order.

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Charles Sumner: “And yet these people announce that they accept the existing state of things, and that it is their honest purpose to…”