Charles Sumner: “The moral sentiment of the country has been outraged, grossly…”

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The moral sentiment of the country has been outraged, grossly outraged, by this wanton assault, in the person of a Senator, on the freedom of debate.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner condemns the attack on a Senator as an affront to the moral fabric of the nation and the principle of free debate.

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Charles Sumner: “The moral sentiment of the country has been outraged, grossly outraged, by this wanton assault, in the person of a…”