Charles Sumner: “President, I have never, from the beginning, disguised my conviction…”

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President, I have never, from the beginning, disguised my conviction that the most important part of the bill concerns Emancipation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the significance of Emancipation in legislative discussions.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “President, I have never, from the beginning, disguised my conviction that the most important part of the bill concerns…”