It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States; a body not yet moved from its propriety, not lost to a full sense of its own dignity and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing counsels.
Stevenson emphasizes the enduring importance and dignity of the U.S. Senate in American governance.
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