How can Senators, discharging a political function only, expect that the voice of the people will be more tender for them than for a Chief Justice pronouncing judgment from the bench of the Supreme Court, in the exercise of judicial power?
Sumner questions how Senators can expect leniency from the public when they act politically, similar to a judge's role.
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