Charles Sumner: “The Constitution, the flag itself, and everything we call our own, is…”

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The Constitution, the flag itself, and everything we call our own, is degraded to this wicked rule.

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Massachusetts

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In this quote, Sumner laments the degradation of national symbols and values under the rule of slavery.

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Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

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Charles Sumner: “The Constitution, the flag itself, and everything we call our own, is degraded to this wicked rule.”