Charles Sumner: “There is another rule, and the National Constitution, from beginning…”

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There is another rule, and the National Constitution, from beginning to end, speaks always for the Rights of Man.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the Constitution fundamentally advocates for human rights from start to finish.

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Charles Sumner: “There is another rule, and the National Constitution, from beginning to end, speaks always for the Rights of Man.”