Law --United States --Periodicals.
Secession
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
United States --Politics and government
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This issue includes a debate on an amendment to an internal tax bill, proposed by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, "that any person who shall claim the service or labor for life of any other person under the laws of any State shall pay, on account of such person so claimed, the sum of ten dollars." The amendment was later rejected.]]>