Answer: okay I’m too lazy to type it down but just look at the picture :)
Yes. It can be assumed that Sumner had the support of the people as the legislature was popularly elected. The legislature also passed Sumner's own Objections to the Mexican War. This appears to be another sign that he was respected and had the support of the voters of Massachusetts.
They wanted to stop communism. It was spreading and this was the start of us trying to prevent it.
the advantage was few but there was some such as massive city balance and etc and the city's it might have been is new York and Virginia or even Florida