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And yet can it reasonably be contended that the policy which incapacitates a citizen, if convicted on impeachment, from holding an office the most mean and humble, does not apply to the case of a Senator?
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Sumner questions the logic of allowing a convicted citizen to hold a Senate seat while being barred from lesser offices.
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