It is now proposed to add a new case, most clearly without any support in the Constitution, without any support in the right of self-defence inherent in the Senate, and without any support in the precedents of the Senate.
Sumner critiques a proposed case that lacks constitutional support and precedent, questioning its validity.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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