Charles Sumner: “But this is not sufficient reason for excluding my amendment, unless…”

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But this is not sufficient reason for excluding my amendment, unless the Senator is ready, for the sake of form, to sacrifice substance.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that form should not take precedence over the substance of legislative amendments.

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Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

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Charles Sumner: “But this is not sufficient reason for excluding my amendment, unless the Senator is ready, for the sake of form, to…”