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Charles Sumner: “I may be mistaken, but, from all I have learned of your position in the Senate, things look as if those Southern men…”

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I may be mistaken, but, from all I have learned of your position in the Senate, things look as if those Southern men, after trying to steal your sting away by all sorts of courtliness and courtesy, and trying in vain, have turned upon you like rabid dogs, with the intent to tear you in pieces.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner reflects on the aggressive tactics of Southern senators towards a colleague.

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