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But I am determined that this Chamber of high trust, so carefully guarded by the Constitution, shall not be opened to disloyalty, if any argument, any persuasion, or any effort of mine can prevent it.
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Sumner asserts that he will not allow disloyalty in the Senate if he can prevent it.
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