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Charles Sumner: “It appears to her Majesty’s Government that the argument on both sides being nearly exhausted, and neither party having…”

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It appears to her Majesty’s Government that the argument on both sides being nearly exhausted, and neither party having succeeded in producing conviction on the other, the question can only be settled by arbitration.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner noted that both sides had nearly exhausted their arguments, suggesting the need for arbitration to resolve the issue.

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