Charles Sumner: “When before in our history have we reached any such bathos as that to…”

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When before in our history have we reached any such bathos as that to which we have been carried in our questions with England?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the low point in U.S.-England relations, highlighting a significant historical concern.

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