Charles Sumner: “But there are two distinct arguments in its favor, which, at the…”

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But there are two distinct arguments in its favor, which, at the present moment, do not seem to me susceptible of any answer.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner presents two arguments in favor of a proposition that he believes are unanswerable.

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Charles Sumner: “But there are two distinct arguments in its favor, which, at the present moment, do not seem to me susceptible of any…”