Charles Sumner: “And our severity of judgment should be reserved less for the Southern…”

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And our severity of judgment should be reserved less for the Southern States so much excited than for those at the North who feed the flames.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner suggests that judgment should be more focused on Northern instigators than on the Southern states.

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Charles Sumner: “And our severity of judgment should be reserved less for the Southern States so much excited than for those at the North…”