Charles Sumner: “If his partisans are exacting, vindictive, and unjust, they act only…”

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If his partisans are exacting, vindictive, and unjust, they act only in harmony with his nature, too truly represented in them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the vindictive nature of the President's partisans reflects his own character.

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Charles Sumner: “If his partisans are exacting, vindictive, and unjust, they act only in harmony with his nature, too truly represented…”