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Charles Sumner: “He turns round and lectures us who are devoted to the Union, when his lecture should be addressed to the avowed and open…”

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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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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

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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