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Charles Sumner: “It will make you feel to the quick--what you did not seem to feel, or refused to admit--the insolent tone of the British…”

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It will make you feel to the quick--what you did not seem to feel, or refused to admit--the insolent tone of the British press and public men towards us in our struggle for life, and the false manner in which they have tried to turn this case to our national ruin.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques the British press's treatment of the United States during a time of struggle, highlighting its negative tone.

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