Charles Sumner: “Parliamentary Law is against him; and the importance of the question…”

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Parliamentary Law is against him; and the importance of the question justifies a resort to every instrument that Parliamentary Law supplies.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that parliamentary law supports his position against the proposed measure.

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Charles Sumner: “Parliamentary Law is against him; and the importance of the question justifies a resort to every instrument that…”