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Why, Sir, only this winter, the other House has been constrained to send a commission to Tennessee to investigate an outrage of unparalleled atrocity growing out of this very rebel spirit.
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Sumner highlights the need for investigation into the violent actions stemming from disloyalty in Tennessee.
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