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Who is there here that will venture to claim for the Senate a prerogative which this American authority disclaims for legislative bodies in our country, unless expressly sanctioned by Constitutional Law?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Who is there here that will venture to claim for the Senate a prerogative which this American authority disclaims for…”
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Sumner questions anyone who would claim a prerogative for the Senate that is not sanctioned by Constitutional Law.
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