Charles Sumner: “Now, how can any Senator, recognizing the constitutionality of the…”

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Now, how can any Senator, recognizing the constitutionality of the original Civil Rights Act, doubt the present supplementary measure?

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Massachusetts

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He questions how any senator could doubt the constitutionality of a civil rights measure already accepted.

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Charles Sumner: “Now, how can any Senator, recognizing the constitutionality of the original Civil Rights Act, doubt the present…”