Charles Sumner: “It is the cause, the good old cause of Freedom, so familiar to early…”

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It is the cause, the good old cause of Freedom, so familiar to early echoes of this hall, which justly awakens your regards, irrespective of men.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the enduring significance of the cause of freedom, calling it a familiar and respected ideal.

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Charles Sumner: “It is the cause, the good old cause of Freedom, so familiar to early echoes of this hall, which justly awakens your…”