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Charles Sumner: “The compromise between the small States and large States can be made completely effective, according to obvious intent…”

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The compromise between the small States and large States can be made completely effective, according to obvious intent of the authors of the Constitution, only by interdicting the Senate from originating the great appropriation bills.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the compromise between small and large states can only be effective if the Senate is restricted from originating major appropriation bills.

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