Charles Sumner: “Let the “idea,” originally branded as so “wrong” that it could not…”

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Let the “idea,” originally branded as so “wrong” that it could not find place in the Constitution, never find place in our debates.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner urges that the idea of slavery, once deemed unacceptable, should not be part of legislative discussions.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

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Charles Sumner: “Let the “idea,” originally branded as so “wrong” that it could not find place in the Constitution, never find place in…”