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And to his peremptory assertion, that the Fugitive Slave Act does not deny the Habeas Corpus, I oppose my assertion, peremptory as his own, that it does,--and there I leave that issue.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And to his peremptory assertion, that the Fugitive Slave Act does not deny the Habeas Corpus, I oppose my assertion…”
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Here, Sumner asserts his position against a senator's claim regarding the Fugitive Slave Act, emphasizing the denial of Habeas Corpus.
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