Charles Sumner: “I wish that my friend would lift himself to the argument that such a…”

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I wish that my friend would lift himself to the argument that such a government cannot be republican, and must not be welcomed as such on this floor.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner urges his colleague to recognize that a government excluding citizens based on race cannot be considered republican.

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Charles Sumner: “I wish that my friend would lift himself to the argument that such a government cannot be republican, and must not be…”