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My precise objection is, that it does not put the government into loyal hands.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “My precise objection is, that it does not put the government into loyal hands.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner articulates his main objection that the government is not being placed in loyal hands.
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