Charles Sumner: “But the Legislature has been too just and generous, too mindful of the…”

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But the Legislature has been too just and generous, too mindful of the Bill of Rights, to establish any such privilege of birth.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner praises the Massachusetts Legislature for its fairness in not establishing privileges based on birth.

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Charles Sumner: “But the Legislature has been too just and generous, too mindful of the Bill of Rights, to establish any such privilege…”