Charles Sumner: “Had the President then interfered promptly and loyally, it cannot be…”

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Had the President then interfered promptly and loyally, it cannot be doubted that this whole intolerable crime might have been trampled out forever.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that timely intervention by the President could have prevented the Civil War from escalating.

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Charles Sumner: “Had the President then interfered promptly and loyally, it cannot be doubted that this whole intolerable crime might…”