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God forbid that I should fail in any duty of humanity, or tenderness even; but I know no principle of war or of reason by which our Rebels should be saved from the natural consequences of their own conduct.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “God forbid that I should fail in any duty of humanity, or tenderness even; but I know no principle of war or of reason…”
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Sumner expresses his commitment to humanity while acknowledging the consequences for rebels' actions.
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