Charles Sumner: “But now this degrading rule is extended, and we are told that to the…”

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But now this degrading rule is extended, and we are told that to the President’s family belong the spoils.

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Sumner criticizes the extension of nepotism to the President's family as a troubling precedent.

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Charles Sumner: “But now this degrading rule is extended, and we are told that to the President’s family belong the spoils.”