Charles Sumner: “Again it stalks into this Chamber, like the majesty of buried Denmark,--“in the same figure, like the king that’s…”

“Again it stalks into this Chamber, like the majesty of buried Denmark,--“in the same figure, like the king that’s dead,”--and then, like this same ghost, it cries out, “Swear!” and then again, “Swear!”--and Senators pledged to Freedom take up the old pretension and swear it anew.”