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Be assured, dear Sir, that you have gained a great many repenting sinners from the ranks of the timid cotton-bound apologists of Southern tyranny.
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Sumner acknowledges the impact of a speech in converting skeptics into supporters of a just cause.
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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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