Charles Sumner: “Here is another measure, which I once characterized as an effort to…”

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Here is another measure, which I once characterized as an effort to cut the Gordian knot of the suffrage question.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner refers to a measure he previously described, indicating its complexity and significance in the suffrage debate.

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Charles Sumner: “Here is another measure, which I once characterized as an effort to cut the Gordian knot of the suffrage question.”