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But I pray the Senator not to claim for the Dred Scott decision any of the reverence justly belonging to his name.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But I pray the Senator not to claim for the Dred Scott decision any of the reverence justly belonging to his name.”
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Sumner urges the Senator not to attribute any reverence to the Dred Scott decision that should belong to Chief Justice Marshall.
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