Charles Sumner: “Where such things are done, there can be small security for those…”

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Where such things are done, there can be small security for those faithful Unionists who fondly hoped for protection under the national flag.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses concern for Unionists who feel unsafe and unprotected under the national government.

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Charles Sumner: “Where such things are done, there can be small security for those faithful Unionists who fondly hoped for protection…”