Charles Sumner: “It is an organized force, and the nation sending it forth makes itself…”

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It is an organized force, and the nation sending it forth makes itself a party to the war,--all of which England has done.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the seriousness of a nation's involvement in war through organized military forces.

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Charles Sumner: “It is an organized force, and the nation sending it forth makes itself a party to the war,--all of which England has…”