Charles Sumner: “It can have no practical effect, except to disclose the character of…”

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It can have no practical effect, except to disclose the character of its authors.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that a certain resolution serves only to reveal the intentions of its creators without any practical impact.

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Charles Sumner: “It can have no practical effect, except to disclose the character of its authors.”