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Now, Sir, I cannot sanction any such rule directly or indirectly.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Now, Sir, I cannot sanction any such rule directly or indirectly.”
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Sumner expresses his refusal to support any rule that discriminates based on race.
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