Charles Sumner: “Let this be changed, and you have the first stage of reform, without…”

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Let this be changed, and you have the first stage of reform, without which all other measures are dilatory, if not feeble and inefficient.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that changing the appointing power is essential for meaningful reform in government.

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Charles Sumner: “Let this be changed, and you have the first stage of reform, without which all other measures are dilatory, if not…”