Charles Sumner: “It ill becomes the Senate at this moment to do or to forbear anything…”

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It ill becomes the Senate at this moment to do or to forbear anything by which the standard of loyalty can be lowered.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues against any actions that would lower the standard of loyalty in the Senate.

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Charles Sumner: “It ill becomes the Senate at this moment to do or to forbear anything by which the standard of loyalty can be lowered.”