Charles Sumner: “This bill proposes to confer upon the President prodigious powers…”

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This bill proposes to confer upon the President prodigious powers, such as have never been lavished before in our history.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns against granting excessive powers to the President that could set a dangerous precedent.

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