The Senate is making rules for the courts of the United States, and now by its vote sanctions the rule that a witness who happens to have a color different from ours is incompetent to testify, he cannot be heard in court.
He condemns the Senate's decision to exclude witnesses based on their race, highlighting a significant injustice.
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