Charles Sumner: “Surely it does not become them, or their partisans, to complain that…”

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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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Massachusetts

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

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Charles Sumner: “Surely it does not become them, or their partisans, to complain that an effort is now made to rally the whole country…”