They are weapons prepared by contribution, and discharged in this body with a view of gratifying the feelings of resentment and malice,--with a view of wounding the pride of the State which I represent, and through her to stab the reputation of the other Southern States.
Sumner critiques the use of malicious rhetoric in political discourse, emphasizing the damaging intent behind such words.
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