Charles Sumner: “Hard and inscrutable, when the law, to which the citizen naturally…”

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Hard and inscrutable, when the law, to which the citizen naturally looks for protection, becomes itself a standing peril.

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Massachusetts

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He reflects on the dangers when the law, meant to protect citizens, instead becomes a threat.

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Charles Sumner: “Hard and inscrutable, when the law, to which the citizen naturally looks for protection, becomes itself a standing…”