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Charles Sumner: “This same motive assumes another form in the desire to escape from existing misrule, which has left such traces in the…”

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This same motive assumes another form in the desire to escape from existing misrule, which has left such traces in the disordered finances of the Southern States.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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In this statement, Sumner critiques the mismanagement that has plagued the Southern States, leading to a desire for reform.

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