What, Sir, is a Legislature chosen as this recent Legislature has been chosen in Virginia, composed of recent Rebels still filled and seething with that old Rebel fire,--what is that Legislature in the scale, compared with the safety of that great people?
Sumner questions the legitimacy of a legislature composed of former rebels, emphasizing the need for the safety of the people.
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