Charles Sumner: “Are we to postpone action on all these questions until that possibly…”

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Are we to postpone action on all these questions until that possibly distant day?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questioned whether action on pressing issues should be delayed until the uncertain future of constitutional amendments.

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Charles Sumner: “Are we to postpone action on all these questions until that possibly distant day?”