Charles Sumner: “Pray, Sir, what words would Jefferson use, if he were here to speak on…”

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Pray, Sir, what words would Jefferson use, if he were here to speak on the open and multifarious nepotism of our President?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the nepotism of the President by invoking the thoughts of Thomas Jefferson.

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