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The offices are employed to preëngage the electors, and prescribe the persons to be chosen.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The offices are employed to preëngage the electors, and prescribe the persons to be chosen.”
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Sumner argues that offices are being misused to manipulate electoral choices.
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