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Charles Sumner: “I am prepared to vote for it without amendment or condition of any kind, and on reasons which seem to me at once obvious…”

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I am prepared to vote for it without amendment or condition of any kind, and on reasons which seem to me at once obvious and conclusive.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner expresses his readiness to support a resolution without amendments, citing clear and compelling reasons.

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