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Charles Sumner: “Other instances might be adduced, but these are enough to show how seriously the postal service is burdened by…”

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Other instances might be adduced, but these are enough to show how seriously the postal service is burdened by obligations which plainly belong to the Treasury.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the postal service is unfairly burdened by costs that should be the responsibility of the Treasury.

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