Charles Sumner: “I am now brought to the practical question, to which I have already…”

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I am now brought to the practical question, to which I have already alluded: How the public burdens shall be lightened.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner addresses the practical issue of how to alleviate public financial burdens.

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Charles Sumner: “I am now brought to the practical question, to which I have already alluded: How the public burdens shall be lightened.”