Charles Sumner: “What is there which a man, having the means, and indisposed to…”

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What is there which a man, having the means, and indisposed to military exposure, will not pay for his exemption?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the inequities of military service exemptions based on wealth.

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Charles Sumner: “What is there which a man, having the means, and indisposed to military exposure, will not pay for his exemption?”