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Charles Sumner: “How can the Senate aver that the body of that people, thus saturated with the spirit of disloyalty, thus set on fire and…”

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How can the Senate aver that the body of that people, thus saturated with the spirit of disloyalty, thus set on fire and inflamed by this hatred to the Union, have shown to the satisfaction of Congress a proper spirit of obedience?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner questions how Congress can expect obedience from a population that is disloyal and hostile to the Union.

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