Charles Sumner: “If such a wicked power can be raised on this continent, the Mayflower…”

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If such a wicked power can be raised on this continent, the Mayflower traversed its wintry sea in vain.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that if a wicked power can rise in America, the sacrifices of the Mayflower would be in vain.

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Charles Sumner: “If such a wicked power can be raised on this continent, the Mayflower traversed its wintry sea in vain.”