Charles Sumner: “Having this measure at heart, believing it founded in essential…”

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Having this measure at heart, believing it founded in essential justice, I am unwilling to place it in this jeopardy.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his commitment to a measure he believes is just and his reluctance to risk it due to potential amendments.

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Charles Sumner: “Having this measure at heart, believing it founded in essential justice, I am unwilling to place it in this jeopardy.”