Charles Sumner: “To this combined effort I might fitly reply, that, with flagrant…”

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To this combined effort I might fitly reply, that, with flagrant inconsistency, it challenges the very discussion it pretends to forbid.

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In this statement, Sumner argues against the hypocrisy of those who seek to suppress discussion on important issues.

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