Charles Sumner: “But no man can be allowed to take the oath as Senator, when, on the…”

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But no man can be allowed to take the oath as Senator, when, on the evidence before the Senate, he is not competent.

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Sumner asserts that a person deemed incompetent cannot take the oath of office as a Senator.

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Charles Sumner: “But no man can be allowed to take the oath as Senator, when, on the evidence before the Senate, he is not competent.”