Charles Sumner: “To insist that members chosen as the first regular Legislature shall…”

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To insist that members chosen as the first regular Legislature shall be treated as provisional only is unjust to them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for the fair treatment of newly elected legislators during the Reconstruction era.

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Charles Sumner: “To insist that members chosen as the first regular Legislature shall be treated as provisional only is unjust to them.”