Massachusetts has not acted directly on these propositions, which seek to give Slavery Constitutional protection in Territories, and disfranchise large numbers of her citizens; but I believe such are the convictions of the Massachusetts people that they would never consent to any such thing.
Sumner asserts that Massachusetts would never agree to propositions that protect slavery, reflecting the convictions of its citizens.
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