Charles Sumner: “If they are detained in prison, it is only because you yourselves are…”

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If they are detained in prison, it is only because you yourselves are imprisoned here in the discharge of your responsible duties.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the imprisonment of witnesses is a reflection of the Senate's own entrapment in their duties.

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Charles Sumner: “If they are detained in prison, it is only because you yourselves are imprisoned here in the discharge of your…”