Charles Sumner: “The news from Virginia continues to reveal the same…”

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The news from Virginia continues to reveal the same tendency,--secession, unless constitutional guaranties are secured for Slavery.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns that Virginia's inclination towards secession is tied to the need for constitutional protections for slavery.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

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Charles Sumner: “The news from Virginia continues to reveal the same tendency,--secession, unless constitutional guaranties are secured…”