Charles Sumner: “There are Senators here who pretend to find in the Constitution the…”

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There are Senators here who pretend to find in the Constitution the right to carry slaves into the National Territories.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes Senators who interpret the Constitution as allowing slavery in National Territories.

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Charles Sumner: “There are Senators here who pretend to find in the Constitution the right to carry slaves into the National Territories.”