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Charles Sumner: “No day of our lives seems brighter than that upon which the foremost champion of Freedom boldly directs the attention of…”

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No day of our lives seems brighter than that upon which the foremost champion of Freedom boldly directs the attention of the nation to a series of clear, sound, statesmanlike measures looking to the complete enfranchisement of America.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses the significance of a day when a champion of freedom brings attention to important measures for enfranchisement.

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