Charles Sumner: “How, Sir, can the people hold the purse-strings, unless they hold the…”

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How, Sir, can the people hold the purse-strings, unless they hold the bills by which the purse is appropriated?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the people must control financial appropriations.

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Charles Sumner: “How, Sir, can the people hold the purse-strings, unless they hold the bills by which the purse is appropriated?”