Charles Sumner: “Here is the comprehensive abuse which envelops all the offices of the…”

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Here is the comprehensive abuse which envelops all the offices of the country, making them tributary to one man, and subordinate to his desires.

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Sumner highlights the pervasive abuse of power that makes government offices serve one individual's interests.

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