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Charles Sumner: “Can it be imagined that a Senator, upon whom the Constitution has heaped the powers and trusts of legislator, judge, and…”

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Can it be imagined that a Senator, upon whom the Constitution has heaped the powers and trusts of legislator, judge, and executive magistrate, is the only person who is left exposed to the seductions of foreign influence?
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that Senators, who hold significant power, should not be the only ones vulnerable to foreign influence.

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