Charles Sumner: “Surely they cannot, in any mere discretion, nullify a sacred and…”

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Surely they cannot, in any mere discretion, nullify a sacred and dear-bought principle of Human Plights expressly guarantied by the Constitution.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the committee cannot disregard fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

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Charles Sumner: “Surely they cannot, in any mere discretion, nullify a sacred and dear-bought principle of Human Plights expressly…”