Charles Sumner: “But the Senator must see that in the case he puts, the proposed law…”

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But the Senator must see that in the case he puts, the proposed law would be the very thing prohibited by the Constitution.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the proposed law would violate the Constitution's prohibition against establishing religion.

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