Charles Sumner: “Such, Sir, is the indifference with which the Senate treats the rights…”

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Such, Sir, is the indifference with which the Senate treats the rights of an oppressed people!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the Senate for its indifference towards the rights of oppressed individuals.

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Charles Sumner: “Such, Sir, is the indifference with which the Senate treats the rights of an oppressed people!”