Charles Sumner: “I introduce no “politics,” but only a question which has become…”

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I introduce no “politics,” but only a question which has become urgent, affecting the civil service of the country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner clarifies that his focus is on urgent civil service issues rather than political matters.

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Charles Sumner: “I introduce no “politics,” but only a question which has become urgent, affecting the civil service of the country.”