Charles Sumner: “But while thus impotent against the United States, it does not follow…”

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But while thus impotent against the United States, it does not follow that they were equally impotent in the work of self-destruction.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner notes that while acts of secession are ineffective against the U.S., they still contributed to the self-destruction of the states.

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