The oaths and grandiose titles of the pretended Legion are all set forth, and this poor mummery of a secret society, which existed only on paper, is gravely introduced on this floor, in order to extenuate the Crime against Kansas.
Sumner ridicules the legitimacy of a secret society that only exists on paper, used to justify actions against Kansas.
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