But the Senator from Maryland will allow me to remind him that he seems to exhibit a rare inconsistency,--first, in declaring the absolute right of colored people to a seat in the cars, and then arguing, that, on every consideration of social life and of principle, they ought not to be admitted to any such privilege.
Sumner critiques the inconsistency of a senator's stance on the rights of colored people in public transportation.
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