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Senators are ready to vote money--as the British Parliament voted subsidies--to supply the place of soldiers, or to remove a stronghold of the Rebellion, all of which is done by Emancipation.
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Here, Sumner compares the willingness of Senators to fund military efforts to historical actions of the British Parliament.
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