Charles Sumner: “If he sets up pretensions without number repugnant to republican…”

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If he sets up pretensions without number repugnant to republican institutions, must not the good cause suffer?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses concern that leaders' pretensions can harm the integrity of republican institutions.

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Charles Sumner: “If he sets up pretensions without number repugnant to republican institutions, must not the good cause suffer?”