Charles Sumner: “So long as Slavery continues, the States in which it exists will fly…”

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So long as Slavery continues, the States in which it exists will fly madly from the Union, but with its destruction they will lose all such tendency.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that the continuation of slavery will drive states away from the Union, but its abolition will unify them.

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Charles Sumner: “So long as Slavery continues, the States in which it exists will fly madly from the Union, but with its destruction they…”