Charles Sumner: “Again, we are reminded that military power must yield to the civil…”

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Again, we are reminded that military power must yield to the civil power and to the rights of self-government.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the importance of civil power over military power in governance.

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Charles Sumner: “Again, we are reminded that military power must yield to the civil power and to the rights of self-government.”