Charles Sumner: “More than all others, the President, by officious assumptions, has…”

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More than all others, the President, by officious assumptions, has lengthened the way and lengthened the time.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner blames the President for prolonging the conflict through his actions and assumptions.

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Charles Sumner: “More than all others, the President, by officious assumptions, has lengthened the way and lengthened the time.”