The very fact which the Senator brings to the attention of the Senate, and on account of which he invokes an unprecedented exercise of power, is important evidence on the condition of things in one of these Rebel States.
Sumner highlights the significance of the Senator's observations as evidence of the troubling conditions in a Rebel State.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
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