Charles Sumner: “Instead of that, you will have a judiciary true only to those who have…”

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Instead of that, you will have a judiciary true only to those who have lately been in rebellion.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner predicts that a certain approach will lead to a biased judiciary favoring former rebels.

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Charles Sumner: “Instead of that, you will have a judiciary true only to those who have lately been in rebellion.”