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Charles Sumner: “Surely I am not wrong, when I suggest that the proposed requirement is impracticable as well as mischievous; and at the…”

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Surely I am not wrong, when I suggest that the proposed requirement is impracticable as well as mischievous; and at the proper time I shall move to strike it out.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner declares the proposed requirement both impractical and harmful, indicating his intent to oppose it.

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