Charles Sumner: “In their flexibility to threats and menaces, they show a want of that…”

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In their flexibility to threats and menaces, they show a want of that backbone which characterizes the Republican party.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner contrasts the Republican party's strength with the factions' lack of resolve in the face of threats.

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Charles Sumner: “In their flexibility to threats and menaces, they show a want of that backbone which characterizes the Republican party.”