Charles Sumner: “The barbarous and incongruous War System, which now encases our…”

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The barbarous and incongruous War System, which now encases our Christian civilization as with a cumbrous coat of mail, will be destroyed.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns the war system as a hindrance to civilization and advocates for its abolition.

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Charles Sumner: “The barbarous and incongruous War System, which now encases our Christian civilization as with a cumbrous coat of mail…”