Charles Sumner: “I think, therefore, as this may become a precedent in future in regard…”

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I think, therefore, as this may become a precedent in future in regard to other matters, that it should be settled with some degree of deliberation.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of careful deliberation in legislative decisions to avoid setting poor precedents.

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Charles Sumner: “I think, therefore, as this may become a precedent in future in regard to other matters, that it should be settled with…”