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Not content with this poor menace, which we have been twice told was “measured,” the Senator, in the unrestrained chivalry of his nature, has undertaken to apply opprobrious words to those who differ from him on this floor.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He condemns the senator for using derogatory language against those who oppose him, highlighting the senator's aggressive demeanor.

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