Now, Sir, I believe that the Senate will not venture, in this age of Christian light, under any inducement, under any provocation, to counsel the Executive Government to enter into such open competition with barbarism.
Sumner believes that the Senate should not encourage the government to engage in barbaric actions, even under provocation.
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