Charles Sumner: “Let us vote upon it, put it on its passage, speed it on its way; for…”

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Let us vote upon it, put it on its passage, speed it on its way; for only by doing so can we wash our hands of this blood.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner urges his colleagues to take immediate action to address the issue at hand.

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Charles Sumner: “Let us vote upon it, put it on its passage, speed it on its way; for only by doing so can we wash our hands of this…”