Charles Sumner: “Now I ask the Senator from Wisconsin to consider what is the…”

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Now I ask the Senator from Wisconsin to consider what is the difference in character between the right to testify and the right to sit on a jury.

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Sumner asks for a consideration of the fundamental differences between the rights to testify and to serve on a jury.

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Charles Sumner: “Now I ask the Senator from Wisconsin to consider what is the difference in character between the right to testify and…”