Charles Sumner: “I am so much of a Republican that I wish to see in the Presidential…”

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I am so much of a Republican that I wish to see in the Presidential chair a life-time Abolitionist.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his desire for a president who is committed to abolitionism, reflecting his strong Republican values.

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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.

The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

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Charles Sumner: “I am so much of a Republican that I wish to see in the Presidential chair a life-time Abolitionist.”