Charles Sumner: “Never before was clemency so sublime; never before was a rebel people…”

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Never before was clemency so sublime; never before was a rebel people surrounded by beneficence so comprehensive.

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Sumner praises the extraordinary clemency shown towards a defeated people, highlighting the generosity of the Republic.

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Charles Sumner: “Never before was clemency so sublime; never before was a rebel people surrounded by beneficence so comprehensive.”