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But I do know full well, for the Senator has often declared it, that he acts under interpretations of the Constitution which it seems to me belong to the period anterior to the war rather than since the war.
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Sumner critiques a colleague's constitutional interpretations, suggesting they are outdated and not reflective of post-war values.
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