Charles Sumner: “Conscience has its voice, and will be heard in awful warning hurrying…”

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Conscience has its voice, and will be heard in awful warning hurrying to and fro in the midnight hour.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner speaks to the moral conscience that warns against injustice, especially in the context of slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Conscience has its voice, and will be heard in awful warning hurrying to and fro in the midnight hour.”