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President, we have a vindication on this floor of inequality as a principle and as a political rule.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “President, we have a vindication on this floor of inequality as a principle and as a political rule.”
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Sumner condemns the principle of inequality being upheld in the Senate, calling for justice.
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