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Charles Sumner: “Shall the Rebellion which you have subdued on the bloody field be permitted to assert its power again, or shall it be…”

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Shall the Rebellion which you have subdued on the bloody field be permitted to assert its power again, or shall it be trampled out, so that its infamous pretensions shall disappear forever?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner poses a critical question about the future of the Rebellion and the need to decisively end its influence.

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