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The Senator, as a lawyer, knows this well; and yet, deliberately, by vote, and now by speech, he upholds the barbarous rule of exclusion on account of color.
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Sumner criticizes a senator for supporting discriminatory practices based on race despite knowing better as a lawyer.
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