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Charles Sumner: “It is, that our representatives abroad must be kept always above all suspicion of acting under foreign influence, or the…”

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It is, that our representatives abroad must be kept always above all suspicion of acting under foreign influence, or the temptation of foreign reward.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that representatives must avoid foreign influence and rewards.

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