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Is it reduced to this, that no petition can be presented unless the Senator approves it, or that no petition can be read at the request of a Senator unless he approves it?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Is it reduced to this, that no petition can be presented unless the Senator approves it, or that no petition can be read…”
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Sumner argues against limiting the right to present petitions in the Senate.
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