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Charles Sumner: “You do not allow the soldier to be sacrificed, nor the national creditor who has taken your stock.”

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You do not allow the soldier to be sacrificed, nor the national creditor who has taken your stock.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues against sacrificing soldiers and creditors, advocating for fairness.

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