Charles Sumner: “The Tariff was only the pretext, and Disunion and a Southern…”

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The Tariff was only the pretext, and Disunion and a Southern Confederacy the real object.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the motivations behind the Southern states' desire for disunion, highlighting the Tariff as a mere excuse.

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Charles Sumner: “The Tariff was only the pretext, and Disunion and a Southern Confederacy the real object.”