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But I cannot forbear saying, that, to my mind, the Senator throws himself in the way of a humane undertaking, and practically abandons the claims of the oppressed race to which he and I both owe service.
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Sumner criticizes a senator for opposing a humanitarian effort that supports an oppressed race.
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