Charles Sumner: “I have lived through a period of history, and do not forget that I here heard our great title-deed arraigned as “a…”

“I have lived through a period of history, and do not forget that I here heard our great title-deed arraigned as “a self-evident lie.” There are Senators now, who, while hesitating to adopt that vulgar extravagance of dissent, are willing to trifle with it as a rule of interpretation.”