Charles Sumner: “I think another mistake was committed in leaving each State to so far…”

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I think another mistake was committed in leaving each State to so far abridge the right of suffrage as to change, in theory, the republican form.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the decision to allow states to limit voting rights, arguing it undermines republican principles.

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