Charles Sumner: “Not without regret can I see it suffer; not without a pang can I see…”

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Not without regret can I see it suffer; not without a pang can I see it changed from its original character, for such a change is death.

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Massachusetts

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He expresses sorrow over the changes in the Republican Party, equating such changes to a form of death.

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Charles Sumner: “Not without regret can I see it suffer; not without a pang can I see it changed from its original character, for such a…”