Charles Sumner: “The equity with which we have discharged our neutral obligations has…”

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The equity with which we have discharged our neutral obligations has been the occasion of constant applause.

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Massachusetts

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He notes that the U.S. has been consistently praised for how it has fulfilled its neutral obligations.

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Charles Sumner: “The equity with which we have discharged our neutral obligations has been the occasion of constant applause.”