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Unquestionably the Senate has the power which he attributes to it; but it has not the right.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Unquestionably the Senate has the power which he attributes to it; but it has not the right.”
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Sumner emphasizes the distinction between legal power and moral right in governance.
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