Charles Sumner: “On the contrary, it uses positive language inconsistent with this…”

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On the contrary, it uses positive language inconsistent with this assumption and all its pretended consequences.

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Sumner asserts that the Constitution's language contradicts the notion of impeachment as a judicial act.

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Charles Sumner: “On the contrary, it uses positive language inconsistent with this assumption and all its pretended consequences.”