Charles Sumner: “But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure--with…”

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But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure--with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques a senator's ability to accurately represent facts and principles.

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Charles Sumner: “But the Senator touches nothing which he does not disfigure--with error, sometimes of principle, sometimes of fact.”