Charles Sumner: “He might as well object to the validity of elections because criminals…”

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He might as well object to the validity of elections because criminals have not been let out of the prisons and penitentiaries to vote.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses a metaphor to argue against objections to elections based on the status of prisoners.

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Charles Sumner: “He might as well object to the validity of elections because criminals have not been let out of the prisons and…”