Charles Sumner: “In this age of light, and in countries boasting civilization, there…”

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In this age of light, and in countries boasting civilization, there can be no place for its barbarous plenipotentiaries.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that there is no place for barbaric representatives in civilized nations.

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Charles Sumner: “In this age of light, and in countries boasting civilization, there can be no place for its barbarous plenipotentiaries.”