Charles Sumner: “Now, for the first time in our history, an opposite practice is…”

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Now, for the first time in our history, an opposite practice is adopted, contrary to precedents, and also, as it seems to me, contrary to reason.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques a new practice that contradicts historical precedents and reason regarding treaty termination.

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Charles Sumner: “Now, for the first time in our history, an opposite practice is adopted, contrary to precedents, and also, as it seems…”