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It is too much with a view to certain political considerations, and possibly to aid the election of the President, rather than to secure the services of one in all respects competent to be President.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is too much with a view to certain political considerations, and possibly to aid the election of the President…”
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Sumner critiques the practice of nominating Vice-Presidents based on political considerations rather than competence.
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