Charles Sumner: “I plead that you shall not needlessly add to the public burden in a…”

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I plead that you shall not needlessly add to the public burden in a particular portion of the country.

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Massachusetts

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He pleads against imposing unnecessary financial burdens on specific regions of the country.

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Charles Sumner: “I plead that you shall not needlessly add to the public burden in a particular portion of the country.”