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I also present the remonstrance of the clergy and laity of the Baptist denomination in Michigan and Indiana against the wrong and bad faith contemplated in the Nebraska Bill.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner presents a remonstrance from Baptist clergy opposing the Nebraska Bill.

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