Charles Sumner: “To this I answer, Reject at once the pretended Amendment; show it no…”

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To this I answer, Reject at once the pretended Amendment; show it no favor; give it no quarter.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the immediate rejection of a proposed amendment he deems insincere.

More from Charles Sumner

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

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Charles Sumner: “To this I answer, Reject at once the pretended Amendment; show it no favor; give it no quarter.”