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There is but one sovereignty, and that is the sovereignty of the people of the United States.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is but one sovereignty, and that is the sovereignty of the people of the United States.”
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Sumner declares that the ultimate sovereignty lies with the people of the United States.
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