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Charles Sumner: “The relations of the States to the National Government must be carefully considered,--not too boldly, not too…”

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The relations of the States to the National Government must be carefully considered,--not too boldly, not too timidly,--that we may understand in what way or by what process the transition from Rebel forms may be most surely accomplished.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner calls for careful consideration of the relationship between the states and the national government post-war.

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