Charles Sumner: “Here is foretold nothing less than that our system of government is to…”

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Here is foretold nothing less than that our system of government is to embrace the whole continent of North America.

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Massachusetts

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He predicts that the American system of government will eventually encompass all of North America.

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Charles Sumner: “Here is foretold nothing less than that our system of government is to embrace the whole continent of North America.”