Charles Sumner: “Never before has the President assumed to act without the House of…”

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Never before has the President assumed to act without the House of Representatives in the performance of this duty.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the President for acting without the House of Representatives in treaty matters.

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Charles Sumner: “Never before has the President assumed to act without the House of Representatives in the performance of this duty.”