Charles Sumner: “Our failure was originally sanctioned only under the urgency of war…”

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Our failure was originally sanctioned only under the urgency of war; but this sanction cannot extend beyond the urgency.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reflects on the historical context of debt failure, emphasizing that it was only justified during wartime urgency.

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Charles Sumner: “Our failure was originally sanctioned only under the urgency of war; but this sanction cannot extend beyond the urgency.”