Down to this day there is a standing committee of the Senate, entitled “Committee on Revolutionary Claims”; but if a claim traced to the Revolution must be rejected for staleness, there can be little use for this committee.
Sumner critiques the Senate's Committee on Revolutionary Claims, questioning the rationale behind rejecting ancient claims.
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