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Ay, Sir, in offering fellow-citizens to be sacrificed, in betraying them for less than “thirty” Representatives in Congress, and in appropriating their political raiment, you do all this to the Saviour himself.
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Sumner accuses lawmakers of sacrificing their fellow citizens for political gain, equating it to a betrayal of the divine.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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