Charles Sumner: “We have heard of an “armed neutrality,” and of an “armed peace”; but…”

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We have heard of an “armed neutrality,” and of an “armed peace”; but here is an armed negotiation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the concept of 'armed negotiation,' suggesting it is a contradiction in terms.

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Charles Sumner: “We have heard of an “armed neutrality,” and of an “armed peace”; but here is an armed negotiation.”