Charles Sumner: “It is sad that the tribunal that had established such an authority…”

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It is sad that the tribunal that had established such an authority among us should do an act by which its authority has been endangered.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner laments that the court's authority has been jeopardized by its own actions.

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Charles Sumner: “It is sad that the tribunal that had established such an authority among us should do an act by which its authority has…”