The Senator forgets that the bill assumes that all are free, and in every respect entitled to all the privileges of freemen,--that they are invested with every right the Senator himself possesses, and, if these rights are violated, they may look for a remedy to any court of justice precisely as he could.
Sumner asserts that the bill guarantees all individuals the rights of freemen, countering the senator's claims.
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