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Whether we regard these powers as naturally inhering in the nation, or as conferred upon it by those two title-deeds, the Declaration of Independence and the National Constitution, the conclusion is the same.
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Sumner discusses the inherent powers of the nation as derived from foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence.
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