Resolved, That we have heard with feelings of the deepest indignation of the cowardly and brutal assault upon a Senator of Massachusetts, in the Senate Chamber of the United States, for words spoken in debate, in his place, upon the floor of the Senate.
Sumner expresses outrage over a violent attack on a fellow senator for his words in debate.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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