I put the question to the Senator,--to the ‘chivalry’ of South Carolina,--ay, to ‘the gallant set’ (to use the Senator’s own words) of ‘Ninety-Six,’--Why was it necessary to substitute the bludgeon for the judicial tribunal?
Sumner directly questions the necessity of violence over judicial processes in addressing grievances.
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