The proposed representation of Arkansas in the Senate is unjust and inequitable in relation to the representation of the loyal States; and if extended to representation in the House of Representatives and in the Electoral Colleges, it becomes still more unjust and inequitable.
Sumner critiques the proposed Senate representation for Arkansas as unfair to loyal states.
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