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Clearly this is not a proper term to be employed by one branch of the Government with regard to another, least of all by the President with regard to the Senate.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Clearly this is not a proper term to be employed by one branch of the Government with regard to another, least of all by…”
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He asserts that it is improper for one branch of government to use derogatory terms towards another, especially between the President and the Senate.
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