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Charles Sumner: “But permit me to remind the Senator that the rule he sustains is not less inhuman.”

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But permit me to remind the Senator that the rule he sustains is not less inhuman.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner critiques a senator's support for a rule he deems inhumane, emphasizing his moral stance.

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