Charles Sumner: “Supposing the case doubtful, then I submit that all presumptions and…”

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Supposing the case doubtful, then I submit that all presumptions and interpretations must tend to support the rule of a majority.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner posits that in uncertain situations, the interpretation should favor the majority rule.

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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “Supposing the case doubtful, then I submit that all presumptions and interpretations must tend to support the rule of a…”