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PRESIDENT,--I, too, hope that the Senate will dare do everything that is right; but I hope that it will not dare to embarrass the Government at this moment, and give aid and comfort to the Rebellion.
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Sumner hopes the Senate will act correctly without providing support to the Rebellion.
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