PRESIDENT,--This question is important, primarily, as it concerns the liberty of the citizen; but it is made important also by the attempt, to which we have just listened, to establish for the Senate a prerogative which on history and precedent does not belong to it.
Sumner argues for the importance of citizen liberty and challenges the Senate's authority based on historical precedent.
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