Political Quotes

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Let us tell the North at once, If you cannot suppress the treasonable action, and silence the foul, licentious, and infidel propagandism of such men as Stephen Pearl Andrews, Wendell Phillips, Beecher, Garrison, Sumner, and their negro and female associates, let us part in peace.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner advocates for separation if certain individuals cannot be silenced.

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