Charles Sumner: “They have fastened their eyes like microscopes, now for five years, on…”

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They have fastened their eyes like microscopes, now for five years, on every act, word, manner, and movement, to find a flaw,--and with what result?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out the intense scrutiny faced by a politician over several years without any significant flaws being found.

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Charles Sumner: “They have fastened their eyes like microscopes, now for five years, on every act, word, manner, and movement, to find a…”