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Charles Sumner: “She will find, however, that not only the United States, but France, and all Europe, will hold her to the consequences…”

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She will find, however, that not only the United States, but France, and all Europe, will hold her to the consequences which you have so clearly demonstrated flow from her own action.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that England will be held accountable by the United States and Europe for its actions.

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