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Wigfall, of Texas, though his state had seceded, was permitted to linger in the Senate and to attend executive sessions, where he was not only a traitor but a spy.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Wigfall, of Texas, though his state had seceded, was permitted to linger in the Senate and to attend executive sessions…”
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Sherman condemns a Texas Senator for his actions during the Civil War.
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