Charles Sumner: “The Senate is engaged in maturing a permanent law,--not merely for a year, not only for the present Rebellion, not for…”

“The Senate is engaged in maturing a permanent law,--not merely for a year, not only for the present Rebellion, not for any exigency of the day, but an enduring statute,--and as such it will be a record of the sentiments and the civilization of our time.”