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Charles Sumner: “His opponents accuse him neither of drunkenness, nor debauchery, nor job, nor peculation, nor rapacity, nor personal…”

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His opponents accuse him neither of drunkenness, nor debauchery, nor job, nor peculation, nor rapacity, nor personal aims of any kind.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner notes that the politician's opponents do not accuse him of any serious vices.

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