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So plain is this to my apprehension, that I am at a loss to understand how any one sincerely in favor of such reform can fail to insist upon this principle.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “So plain is this to my apprehension, that I am at a loss to understand how any one sincerely in favor of such reform can…”
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Sumner expresses confusion over why advocates of reform would not support the principle of a one-term limit for Presidents.
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