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Charles Sumner: “And thus two audacious Rebels, one the pretended Minister of the Rebellion at London, and the other an officer in the…”

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And thus two audacious Rebels, one the pretended Minister of the Rebellion at London, and the other an officer in the Rebel forces, still exert among us a malignant power, while, with a long arm not yet amputated, they reach even into the streets of Washington, and fasten the chains of the slave.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner denounces the continued power of rebel leaders who threaten the nation's integrity.

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