Charles Sumner: “In my place here, I now pronounce these continued assaults upon my…”

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In my place here, I now pronounce these continued assaults upon my colleague unparalleled in the history of the Senate.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner declares that the attacks on his colleague are unprecedented in Senate history, emphasizing their severity.

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Charles Sumner: “In my place here, I now pronounce these continued assaults upon my colleague unparalleled in the history of the Senate.”