Charles Sumner: “I dismiss this transaction as another instance of Presidential…”

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I dismiss this transaction as another instance of Presidential pretension, which, in the interest of Republican Government, should be arrested.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for an end to what he perceives as presidential overreach in governance.

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Charles Sumner: “I dismiss this transaction as another instance of Presidential pretension, which, in the interest of Republican…”