Charles Sumner: “No matter in what form it is put, no matter how subtly the attempt is…”

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No matter in what form it is put, no matter how subtly the attempt is concealed, it is the adoption by Congress of an outrageous rule.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns covert attempts by Congress to adopt unjust legal rules.

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