Charles Sumner: “Of this be assured: the opponents of this appeal are not anxious…”

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Of this be assured: the opponents of this appeal are not anxious because it will fail; only because it may be successful do they oppose it.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that opponents of the appeal fear its potential success rather than its failure.

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Charles Sumner: “Of this be assured: the opponents of this appeal are not anxious because it will fail; only because it may be successful…”