Charles Sumner: “Can you who reached so far to secure free transit in the Baltic now…”

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Can you who reached so far to secure free transit in the Baltic now hesitate in its defence here at home?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner challenges his audience to defend free transit rights at home, drawing on their past successes abroad.

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Charles Sumner: “Can you who reached so far to secure free transit in the Baltic now hesitate in its defence here at home?”