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Senators after us, in thickening ranks, will sit here as uncomfortable as ourselves.
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He reflects on the discomfort that future senators will face if no changes are made to the chamber.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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