Charles Sumner: “Seeing the object before us, he raises no question of State rights…”

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Seeing the object before us, he raises no question of State rights, presents no claim of State taxation, makes no plea for State banks.

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Massachusetts

Source

Sumner notes that the Governor of Massachusetts does not raise issues of state rights or taxation in support of the national currency.

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Charles Sumner: “Seeing the object before us, he raises no question of State rights, presents no claim of State taxation, makes no plea…”