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In the guise of privilege, it enters those penetralia and insists that the secrets shall be disclosed.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In the guise of privilege, it enters those penetralia and insists that the secrets shall be disclosed.”
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Sumner critiques the Senate's demand for disclosure under the guise of privilege.
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