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Charles Sumner: “Does he hope to accomplish anything, except to stir up sedition at home against this law, and make the streets of Boston…”

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Does he hope to accomplish anything, except to stir up sedition at home against this law, and make the streets of Boston again the scene of disgraceful riots and lawless violence by the lawless opposers of the Constitution and laws of the United States?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques the potential consequences of provoking unrest in Massachusetts over the Fugitive Slave Law.

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