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Sumner has always held that any change by the North from its attitude of firmness and repose can have no other effect than the encouragement of treason.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Sumner has always held that any change by the North from its attitude of firmness and repose can have no other effect…”
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Sumner warns that any retreat from firmness by the North would only encourage treason.
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