Charles Sumner: “If that “more perfect union” proclaimed in the National Constitution…”

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If that “more perfect union” proclaimed in the National Constitution as a primary object has been obtained at last, it is through them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner credits the achievement of a more perfect union to the contributions of specific groups.

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Charles Sumner: “If that “more perfect union” proclaimed in the National Constitution as a primary object has been obtained at last, it…”