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Charles Sumner: “Against all such propositions, without considering their character, stands on the threshold one obvious and imperative…”

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Against all such propositions, without considering their character, stands on the threshold one obvious and imperative objection.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that there is a fundamental objection to the concessions being proposed.

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