Charles Sumner: “Employment would cease, capital would waste, mills would stop, the…”

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Employment would cease, capital would waste, mills would stop, the rich would become poor,--the poor, I fear, would starve.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner predicts dire economic consequences, including unemployment and poverty, if financial stability is disrupted.

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Charles Sumner: “Employment would cease, capital would waste, mills would stop, the rich would become poor,--the poor, I fear, would…”