Charles Sumner: “Suffice it to say, that the proposition to repeal the existing…”

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Suffice it to say, that the proposition to repeal the existing Fugitive Act stands on fundamental principles which no debate or opposition can shake.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the repeal of the Fugitive Act is based on fundamental principles that cannot be undermined by debate.

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