Charles Sumner: “This is the way in which the speech of my colleague should have been…”

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This is the way in which the speech of my colleague should have been met,--not by blows, not by an assault.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for addressing disagreements through dialogue rather than violence.

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Charles Sumner: “This is the way in which the speech of my colleague should have been met,--not by blows, not by an assault.”