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Charles Sumner: “I confess that I find no good reason for delicacy towards persons so guilty.”

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I confess that I find no good reason for delicacy towards persons so guilty.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner states his lack of sympathy for those guilty of wrongdoing, emphasizing the need for accountability.

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