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If there is any exaggeration, the President is in fault,--since, knowing the discreditable allegations, he has not hastened to furnish the precise facts, or at least his partisans have failed in not calling for the official information.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He holds the President responsible for not providing clarity on discreditable allegations against his administration.

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