Charles Sumner: “The blood of this Northern man, who had dared to stand up in the Senate of the United States under circumstances that…”

“The blood of this Northern man, who had dared to stand up in the Senate of the United States under circumstances that would have discouraged a man of less ardor, less enthusiasm, and less courage,--that blood now stains the Senate floor; and let me tell you, that not all the water of the Potomac can wash it out.”