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Let England take them; if she has a mind to fête and toast them, let her do it,--it is none of our business; if England desires to make lions of Confederate Rebels, it is a mere matter of taste.
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Sumner dismissed the idea of England celebrating Confederate figures, asserting it was not America's concern.
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