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Surely it does not become them, or their partisans, to complain that an effort is now made to rally the whole country against their tyranny.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that those who have oppressed others should not complain about efforts to unite against their tyranny.

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