If any foreign-born citizen is disposed to hearken to the Senator from California impeaching me, I ask him to bear in mind how I stood for his rights at another time, when there were fewer ready to stand for them than now.
Sumner defends his past actions in support of foreign-born citizens against accusations from a fellow senator.
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