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Understand me, Sir, I do not seek to centralize, but to nationalize.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Understand me, Sir, I do not seek to centralize, but to nationalize.”
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Sumner emphasizes his intention to promote national unity rather than centralization of power.
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