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And yet the venerable Senator from South Carolina now presumes to denounce me, when, for the sake of Freedom, and in the honest interpretation of my constitutional obligations, I decline an offensive service.
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Sumner defends his actions in favor of freedom against criticism from a South Carolina senator.
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