Charles Sumner: “In asserting your rights, you will not fail to insist upon justice to…”

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In asserting your rights, you will not fail to insist upon justice to all, under which is necessarily included purity in the Government.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for justice and purity in government as essential rights.

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