Charles Sumner: “Even if the President were not in simple honesty bound to maintain…”

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Even if the President were not in simple honesty bound to maintain this Proclamation according to the letter, he has not the power to undo it.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes that the President is bound to uphold the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Charles Sumner: “Even if the President were not in simple honesty bound to maintain this Proclamation according to the letter, he has not…”