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Charles Sumner: “But he could not make States or constitutions, or determine how States or constitutions should be made.”

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But he could not make States or constitutions, or determine how States or constitutions should be made.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that the President does not have the authority to create states or constitutions.

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