Charles Sumner: “Especially must this be the case with the Senate, which will look…”

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Especially must this be the case with the Senate, which will look through all technicalities, all cobwebs, to find the truth.

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Sumner highlights the Senate's responsibility to seek the truth beyond mere technicalities.

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