Charles Sumner: “Why continue this terrible homicidal, fratricidal, suicidal combat…”

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Why continue this terrible homicidal, fratricidal, suicidal combat, fraught with mutual death and sacrifice?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the rationale behind continued violent conflict.

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Charles Sumner: “Why continue this terrible homicidal, fratricidal, suicidal combat, fraught with mutual death and sacrifice?”