Charles Sumner: “The claim to proprietorship in the principle of opposition to the…”

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The claim to proprietorship in the principle of opposition to the extension of Slavery is equally vain.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that the Whig party's assertion of opposing the extension of slavery is unfounded.

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Charles Sumner: “The claim to proprietorship in the principle of opposition to the extension of Slavery is equally vain.”