Charles Sumner: “This is but an expression in parliamentary language of what I have…”

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This is but an expression in parliamentary language of what I have announced as the rule of universal jurisprudence.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that parliamentary language reflects the broader rule of universal jurisprudence, linking legal frameworks.

More from Charles Sumner

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

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Charles Sumner: “This is but an expression in parliamentary language of what I have announced as the rule of universal jurisprudence.”