This assumption is founded on the fact, that, whatever the existing governments in these States, they are in no respect constitutional; and since the State itself is known by the government with which its life is intertwined, it must cease to exist constitutionally when its government no longer exists constitutionally.
Sumner argues that a state's constitutional existence is tied to its government, which ceases to exist if the government is unconstitutional.
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