Charles Sumner: “As a patriot citizen, anxious for the national welfare and renown, am…”

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As a patriot citizen, anxious for the national welfare and renown, am I obliged to declare these convictions.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his patriotic duty to voice his convictions for the nation's welfare.

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Charles Sumner: “As a patriot citizen, anxious for the national welfare and renown, am I obliged to declare these convictions.”