Charles Sumner: “And now the intelligence of the country is insulted by the Apology…”

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And now the intelligence of the country is insulted by the Apology, that the President had no power to interfere.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses outrage at the President's claim of powerlessness to intervene in the crisis.

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Charles Sumner: “And now the intelligence of the country is insulted by the Apology, that the President had no power to interfere.”