Charles Sumner: “I was for the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of…”

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I was for the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of our fathers, as administered by George Washington.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner affirms his loyalty to the original Constitution as envisioned by the Founding Fathers and George Washington.

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Charles Sumner: “I was for the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of our fathers, as administered by George Washington.”