Charles Sumner: “The facility thereby afforded for escape from a bad government will…”

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The facility thereby afforded for escape from a bad government will force the European governments to be just and enlightened.

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Sumner argues that the ability to escape bad governance will compel European governments to improve.

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Charles Sumner: “The facility thereby afforded for escape from a bad government will force the European governments to be just and…”