Charles Sumner: “Instead of shutting the door and keeping disloyalty out, we are asked…”

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Instead of shutting the door and keeping disloyalty out, we are asked to let it in and see if we can get it out again.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the danger of allowing disloyalty into the Senate, suggesting it is better to prevent it from entering in the first place.

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Charles Sumner: “Instead of shutting the door and keeping disloyalty out, we are asked to let it in and see if we can get it out again.”