Charles Sumner: “Let this be done, let the Rebel grip be unloosed, and you will hear…”

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Let this be done, let the Rebel grip be unloosed, and you will hear their voices, as joyously and reverently they hail the national flag.

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Massachusetts

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He envisions a future where, once freed from the Rebellion, Unionists will joyfully celebrate the national flag.

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Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Charles Sumner: “Let this be done, let the Rebel grip be unloosed, and you will hear their voices, as joyously and reverently they hail…”