Charles Sumner: “To my mind it is most abhorrent, and I hope it will not receive the…”

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To my mind it is most abhorrent, and I hope it will not receive the assent of Congress.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner strongly opposes a particular legislative proposal, deeming it morally unacceptable.

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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

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Charles Sumner: “To my mind it is most abhorrent, and I hope it will not receive the assent of Congress.”