Charles Sumner: “I dismiss the whole argument founded upon the prolongation of the…”

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I dismiss the whole argument founded upon the prolongation of the Committee as entirely irrelevant.

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Sumner dismisses an argument regarding the prolongation of a committee's power as irrelevant to the matter at hand.

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Charles Sumner: “I dismiss the whole argument founded upon the prolongation of the Committee as entirely irrelevant.”