Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in chapter 5, page 164 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3:
...that he had been totally remiss on slavery and the war. It was proposed to issue an address setting forth the Wilmot Proviso as the platform, and showing significantly that Taylor would be opposed in Massachusetts .
All these I welcomed; at the same time I said that if Webster were presented as a candidate on these grounds our present policy would be silence; we could
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