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There is not brass enough, nor yet iron, nor steel, in the Southern Senators to ward off such a blow.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is not brass enough, nor yet iron, nor steel, in the Southern Senators to ward off such a blow.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner criticizes the Southern Senators' inability to withstand moral arguments against slavery.
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