Charles Sumner: “If such things can be without a remedy, applied, if need be, by the…”

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If such things can be without a remedy, applied, if need be, by the national arm, then are we little more than a bundle of sticks, but not a nation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of national unity and the need for a remedy against injustices.

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Charles Sumner: “If such things can be without a remedy, applied, if need be, by the national arm, then are we little more than a bundle…”