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He turns round and lectures us who are devoted to the Union, when his lecture should be addressed to the avowed and open Disunionists in this Chamber.
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gutenberg.orgHe turns round and lectures us who are devoted to the Union, when his lecture should be addressed to the avowed and open Disunionists in this Chamber.
He asserts that the Senator should direct his lectures towards those who openly support disunion rather than those who are loyal to the Union.
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