Charles Sumner: “The three Southern States--animis opibusque parati, according to the…”

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The three Southern States--animis opibusque parati, according to the vaunt of the Senator--had not a single battalion in the field.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out the lack of military readiness among Southern states during the Revolutionary War.

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