Charles Sumner: “No power can afford to stand up before mankind and openly vote a new…”

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No power can afford to stand up before mankind and openly vote a new and untrammelled charter to injustice and cruelty.

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Sumner warns that no power can justify supporting a new charter for injustice and cruelty.

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Charles Sumner: “No power can afford to stand up before mankind and openly vote a new and untrammelled charter to injustice and cruelty.”