The outspoken abolitionist senator Charles Sumner, after delivering a speech on the senate floor, was accosted by the Southerner Preston Brooks, who, outraged by Sumner's words, bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that the laws of the United States did not obtain on the senate floor.
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Agutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that
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Bgutta-percha cane, which Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition holding that
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Cgutta-percha cane and was able to do this with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
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Dgutta-percha cane, being able to do so with impunity, based on a tradition that held that
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Egutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
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