Charles Sumner: “But how accord this place to a President who makes his great office a…”

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But how accord this place to a President who makes his great office a plaything and perquisite, while his highest industry is in quarrelling?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes a President for treating the office as a trivial pursuit rather than a serious responsibility.

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Charles Sumner: “But how accord this place to a President who makes his great office a plaything and perquisite, while his highest…”