Charles Sumner: “What I ask especially is impartial suffrage, which is, of course…”

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What I ask especially is impartial suffrage, which is, of course, embraced in universal suffrage.

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Sumner specifically calls for impartial suffrage as a fundamental aspect of universal suffrage rights.

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Charles Sumner: “What I ask especially is impartial suffrage, which is, of course, embraced in universal suffrage.”