Charles Sumner: “Therefore, I say again, for the national safety, redeem these promises…”

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Therefore, I say again, for the national safety, redeem these promises of the Fathers, and your own.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the fulfillment of promises made to the nation's founders as a matter of national safety.

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Charles Sumner: “Therefore, I say again, for the national safety, redeem these promises of the Fathers, and your own.”