Charles Sumner: “Let us have it decided whether the Declaration of Independence in this…”

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Let us have it decided whether the Declaration of Independence in this blessed year of 1858 shall be thus amended.

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Massachusetts

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He calls for a decision on whether the Declaration of Independence should be amended to exclude certain groups.

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Charles Sumner: “Let us have it decided whether the Declaration of Independence in this blessed year of 1858 shall be thus amended.”