Charles Sumner: “To dislodge it from this position, and at the same time from its…”

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To dislodge it from this position, and at the same time from its disgusting supremacy in the National Government, will be one and the same work.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that removing the Slave Oligarchy from power in the National Government is a singular task that must be accomplished.

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Charles Sumner: “To dislodge it from this position, and at the same time from its disgusting supremacy in the National Government, will…”