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You will be guilty of a barbarism kindred to that of the Abyssinian king Theodorus.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You will be guilty of a barbarism kindred to that of the Abyssinian king Theodorus.”
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Sumner compares the potential actions of Congress to historical barbarism, urging against it.
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