Charles Sumner: “Nobody questions that treason was uttered on this floor, or that…”

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Nobody questions that treason was uttered on this floor, or that treasonable counsels went forth from this Chamber.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that treasonous discussions occurred openly in the Senate chamber.

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Charles Sumner: “Nobody questions that treason was uttered on this floor, or that treasonable counsels went forth from this Chamber.”