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Charles Sumner: “There can be no excuse for going home while any part of the Executive business remains unfinished.”

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There can be no excuse for going home while any part of the Executive business remains unfinished.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that it is unjustifiable to leave while there is still unfinished business before the Senate.

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