Charles Sumner: “Without questioning that they are intrusted with a discretion, it is…”

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Without questioning that they are intrusted with a discretion, it is outrageous to suppose that their discretion can go to this extent.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the notion that the committee's discretion could extend to discriminatory practices.

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Charles Sumner: “Without questioning that they are intrusted with a discretion, it is outrageous to suppose that their discretion can go…”