Charles Sumner: “If one should reason in that way, what would become of the…”

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If one should reason in that way, what would become of the distinguished honor of the author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner questions the reasoning that could undermine the honor of the Declaration of Independence's author.

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