Charles Sumner: “If anything but a phrase, it must be condemned, not only as without…”

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If anything but a phrase, it must be condemned, not only as without foundation, but as hostile to the best interests of the country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that any assertion against the measure must be condemned as unfounded and detrimental to national interests.

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