I make these remarks with a view of opening to the Senate the importance of the question before them, that they may once more hesitate and withdraw to the safe ground of the Constitution and the Law; for there is nothing in the Constitution or in the Law that can sanction the continued imprisonment of these witnesses.
Sumner calls on the Senate to recognize the constitutional implications of their actions regarding witness imprisonment.
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