Charles Sumner: “The symbol of the North is the pen; the symbol of the South is the…”

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The symbol of the North is the pen; the symbol of the South is the bludgeon.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner contrasts the North and South, symbolizing their approaches to conflict with the pen and the bludgeon, respectively.

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Charles Sumner: “The symbol of the North is the pen; the symbol of the South is the bludgeon.”