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Charles Sumner: “Even if mere correspondence with an enemy would not bring the author within the scope of these words, clearly and beyond…”

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Even if mere correspondence with an enemy would not bring the author within the scope of these words, clearly and beyond all question such correspondence is calculated to give at least moral aid and comfort to the enemy.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes the moral implications of correspondence with the enemy during wartime.

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