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A disgraceful, if not indeed fatal, blot upon the Constitution and country will be this one.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A disgraceful, if not indeed fatal, blot upon the Constitution and country will be this one.”
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He condemns a particular amendment as a serious moral failing for the nation and its Constitution.
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