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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?
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

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

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