Charles Sumner: “It is enough, if on any ground they vote to remove this shame from our…”

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It is enough, if on any ground they vote to remove this shame from our statute-book.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses that any vote to remove shameful laws from the statute book is sufficient, regardless of the reasoning behind it.

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Charles Sumner: “It is enough, if on any ground they vote to remove this shame from our statute-book.”