Charles Sumner: “Now, if this money is due, let us charge the Treasury with the burden…”

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Now, if this money is due, let us charge the Treasury with the burden; and that brings me again to the direct question, Is not the money due?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner insists on the necessity of charging the Treasury if the money is due.

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Charles Sumner: “Now, if this money is due, let us charge the Treasury with the burden; and that brings me again to the direct question…”