Charles Sumner: “Maugre them all, I say, and all right-minded men will say, it was…”

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Maugre them all, I say, and all right-minded men will say, it was judicious, well-timed, and german to the question before the country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner defends a colleague's actions as being timely and appropriate, despite criticism from others.

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Charles Sumner: “Maugre them all, I say, and all right-minded men will say, it was judicious, well-timed, and german to the question…”