Charles Sumner: “Blending these two in one, may we not seek to be, at the same time…”

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Blending these two in one, may we not seek to be, at the same time, Reforming Conservatives and Conservative Reformers?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner proposes the idea of being both reform-minded and conservative in approach.

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Charles Sumner: “Blending these two in one, may we not seek to be, at the same time, Reforming Conservatives and Conservative Reformers?”