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If the present question could be determined by sentiments of personal regard, I should gladly say that our Chief Justice is needed to the Senate more than the Senate is needed to him.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If the present question could be determined by sentiments of personal regard, I should gladly say that our Chief Justice…”
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Sumner expresses his belief that the Chief Justice is more needed in the Senate than vice versa.
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