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Charles Sumner: “These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect,--the supplanting the principles of free…”

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These expressions, differing in form, are identical in object and effect,--the supplanting the principles of free government, and restoring those of classification, caste, and legitimacy.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that various expressions undermine free government in favor of oppressive systems.

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