Charles Sumner: “It would be an act of unreasoning madness, which President as well as…”

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It would be an act of unreasoning madness, which President as well as Court must disregard as if plain nonsense.

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Sumner describes the President's potential actions as irrational and nonsensical, urging disregard for such claims.

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Charles Sumner: “It would be an act of unreasoning madness, which President as well as Court must disregard as if plain nonsense.”