This instance may not be identical in all respects with that of Kansas; but it displaces completely one of the assumptions which Kansas now encounters, and it completely shows the disposition to relax all rule, under the exigency of the occasion, in order to do substantial justice.
Sumner draws a comparison between Kansas and another state's admission process to illustrate a point about justice and rules.
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