Charles Sumner: “If this legislation be set at defiance, or evaded, I think that our…”

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If this legislation be set at defiance, or evaded, I think that our military strength will be impaired, and I am sure that our good name must suffer.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that defying or evading legislation will weaken military strength and damage the nation's reputation.

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