Charles Sumner: “It is hard to reconcile a military government, or any government born…”

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It is hard to reconcile a military government, or any government born of military power, with the true idea of a republic.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses the difficulty of reconciling military governance with the principles of a republic.

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Charles Sumner: “It is hard to reconcile a military government, or any government born of military power, with the true idea of a…”