Charles Sumner: “This language, as I believe, carries out completely the idea of the…”

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This language, as I believe, carries out completely the idea of the Senator from Illinois in the measure before us.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the language of the proposed measure aligns with another senator's ideas.

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Charles Sumner: “This language, as I believe, carries out completely the idea of the Senator from Illinois in the measure before us.”