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A false oath, taken with our knowledge, would compromise the Senate.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “A false oath, taken with our knowledge, would compromise the Senate.”
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Sumner warns that allowing a false oath would undermine the integrity of the Senate.
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