Charles Sumner: “His effort and hope were to create a public sentiment which would…”

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His effort and hope were to create a public sentiment which would render its enforcement impossible.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of public sentiment in opposing unjust laws and making them unenforceable.

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Charles Sumner: “His effort and hope were to create a public sentiment which would render its enforcement impossible.”