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Charles Sumner: “One is not the incident of the other, nor in any respect germane to the other.”

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One is not the incident of the other, nor in any respect germane to the other.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

This statement underscores Sumner's view that certain legislative matters are distinct and should not be conflated.

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