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Charles Sumner: “Therefore, in the name of all these, do I insist that now, in these days of equality, the Post-Office shall be admitted…”

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Therefore, in the name of all these, do I insist that now, in these days of equality, the Post-Office shall be admitted to equality with all other departments of Government, so that it may discharge its own peculiar and many-sided duties, without being compelled to find in itself the means of support.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner insists on the need for the Post-Office to be treated equally among government departments to fulfill its duties.

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