Charles Sumner: “I appeal to my associates to reject it, that it may not pass into…”

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I appeal to my associates to reject it, that it may not pass into history as a precedent of evil example to be employed against Freedom.

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Sumner appeals to his colleagues to reject a proposal that he fears could set a harmful precedent against freedom.

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Charles Sumner: “I appeal to my associates to reject it, that it may not pass into history as a precedent of evil example to be employed…”