The intelligence of this transaction has flown over the land, and is now flying abroad over the civilized world; and wherever Christianity has a foothold, or civilization a resting-place, that act will meet the stern condemnation of mankind.
Sumner asserts that the news of the assault on a Senator has spread widely and will be condemned by civilized society.
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