Charles Sumner: “It must not be uncertain, vacillating, or temporary, in this…”

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It must not be uncertain, vacillating, or temporary, in this beneficent policy, but fixed and constant, so that hereafter it shall know no change.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner stresses the importance of a steadfast and unwavering commitment to freedom in government policy.

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