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The Senate considers only how the safety of the people, which is the supreme law, can be best preserved; and to this end the ordinary rule of evidence is reversed.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Senate considers only how the safety of the people, which is the supreme law, can be best preserved; and to this end…”
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Sumner explains that the Senate prioritizes the safety of the people above all else in its deliberations.
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