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And, Sir, I venture to predict that the proposition, newly broached in this Commonwealth, to restrain the cities by curtailment of their just representative power, will hereafter be as little regarded.
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Sumner predicts that attempts to limit the representation of cities will ultimately be disregarded in the future.
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