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Charles Sumner: “Well, we beat them, and Governor Reeder gave certificates to a majority of all the members of both Houses, and then…”

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Well, we beat them, and Governor Reeder gave certificates to a majority of all the members of both Houses, and then, after they were organized, as everybody will admit, they were the only competent persons to say who were and who were not members of the same.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner describes the legitimacy of the legislative assembly formed in Kansas after a contentious election.

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