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Congress is free to act generously, nobly, truly, according to the highest idea of a republic, discountenancing all inequality of rights and the tyranny of taxation without representation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Congress is free to act generously, nobly, truly, according to the highest idea of a republic, discountenancing all…”
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He calls for Congress to act in a way that promotes equality and justice.
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