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All that he did to this end was gross usurpation, aggravated by motives and consequences.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “All that he did to this end was gross usurpation, aggravated by motives and consequences.”
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Sumner condemns the President's actions as a gross usurpation of power.
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