Charles Sumner: “I believe the mass of the people could have been easily controlled, if…”

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I believe the mass of the people could have been easily controlled, if none of the excepted classes had received pardon.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the general populace could have been managed effectively if certain classes had not been pardoned.

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Charles Sumner: “I believe the mass of the people could have been easily controlled, if none of the excepted classes had received pardon.”