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They are the multitudinous jury, coming from no small vicinage, but from the whole country: for on this impeachment, involving the Public Safety, the vicinage is the whole country.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “They are the multitudinous jury, coming from no small vicinage, but from the whole country: for on this impeachment…”
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He describes the people as a broad jury in a national impeachment trial, highlighting their collective judgment.
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