Charles Sumner: “This might be advantageous to certain proprietors, but it must be…”

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This might be advantageous to certain proprietors, but it must be damaging to the country.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques policies that benefit certain coal proprietors at the expense of the nation as a whole.

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Charles Sumner: “This might be advantageous to certain proprietors, but it must be damaging to the country.”