Charles Sumner: “Such surrender would be only the beginning of long-continued…”

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Such surrender would be only the beginning of long-continued, unutterable troubles, breaking forth in bloodshed and sorrow without end.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner predicts that yielding to demands related to slavery will lead to ongoing suffering and violence.

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Charles Sumner: “Such surrender would be only the beginning of long-continued, unutterable troubles, breaking forth in bloodshed and…”