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The Senator never spoke truer words: the Senate has not the power of a justice of the peace.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Senator never spoke truer words: the Senate has not the power of a justice of the peace.”
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Sumner agrees with a senator's assertion that the Senate lacks the powers of a justice of the peace.
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