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Let her be impeached in character, or any proposition be made to shut her out from the extension of her wantonness, and no extravagance of manner or hardihood of assertion is then too great for this Senator.
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Sumner argues that the senator's defense of slavery is marked by extreme rhetoric and fervor when faced with challenges to its legitimacy.
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