Charles Sumner: “Is he faithful to the Constitution?” But this is now lost in the…”

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Is he faithful to the Constitution?” But this is now lost in the mightier law, “Is he faithful to reëlection?” This failing, all merit fails.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the shift in political loyalty from the Constitution to the pursuit of reëlection.

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