Charles Sumner: “Here I might stop, without proceeding in the argument; for on the…”

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Here I might stop, without proceeding in the argument; for on the letter of the law alone must Slavery be condemned.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the condemnation of slavery must be based solely on the letter of the law.

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Charles Sumner: “Here I might stop, without proceeding in the argument; for on the letter of the law alone must Slavery be condemned.”