Charles Sumner: “The ocean will always be yours as it is ours, and the Mississippi will…”

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The ocean will always be yours as it is ours, and the Mississippi will always be ours as it is yours.

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Massachusetts

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Here, Sumner asserts the shared ownership of both the ocean and the Mississippi River by all Americans.

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Charles Sumner: “The ocean will always be yours as it is ours, and the Mississippi will always be ours as it is yours.”