Charles Sumner: “The Senator said that he hoped we should take no backward step; and…”

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The Senator said that he hoped we should take no backward step; and yet his speech and his proposition were a backward step.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques a senator's proposal, arguing it represents a regression in progress.

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Charles Sumner: “The Senator said that he hoped we should take no backward step; and yet his speech and his proposition were a backward…”