For myself, I give all that I have of intellectual action, and will, and heart, to the suppression of this Rebellion; and never, by my consent, shall the Senate enter upon a discussion the first effect of which will be aid and comfort to the Rebellion itself.
Sumner expresses his commitment to ending the Rebellion and opposes any discussion that could aid it.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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