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Why, Sir, has the good cause advanced thus far? to what end is it triumphant on this floor, if, in determining rules of evidence in the national courts, we take up and sanction this relic of barbarism?
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Sumner questions the rationale behind maintaining outdated and unjust rules in national courts.
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