Charles Sumner: “Rebels have again become arrogant and exacting; Treason stalks through…”

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Rebels have again become arrogant and exacting; Treason stalks through the land unabashed.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner describes the resurgence of defiance among those who had previously been subdued after the Civil War.

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Charles Sumner: “Rebels have again become arrogant and exacting; Treason stalks through the land unabashed.”