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These and other declarations I thought should have been promptly resented by the immediate expulsion of these Senators.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “These and other declarations I thought should have been promptly resented by the immediate expulsion of these Senators.”
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Sherman argues that certain Senators should have been expelled for their support of secession.
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