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Charles Sumner: “But you will not regret that your representative, faithful in all other things, was ever constant and earnest against…”

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But you will not regret that your representative, faithful in all other things, was ever constant and earnest against Slavery, and that he announced from the beginning the magnitude of the question, and our duties with regard to it.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reassures his constituents that he has been steadfast in opposing slavery and recognizing its significance.

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