Charles Sumner: “President, as a Republic, we are bound to the most strenuous care, so…”

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President, as a Republic, we are bound to the most strenuous care, so that our example may not in any way suffer.

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Sumner stresses the responsibility of the Republic to maintain its integrity and set a positive example.

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Charles Sumner: “President, as a Republic, we are bound to the most strenuous care, so that our example may not in any way suffer.”