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You will see, therefore, that my opposition was not because the proposed Amendment “fell short of what was needed,”--although this was too true,--but because it did what in my judgment ought not to be done.
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Sumner clarifies his opposition to an amendment, emphasizing that it was not merely inadequate but fundamentally flawed.
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