Charles Sumner: “The Constitution of our own country furnishes an illustration…”

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The Constitution of our own country furnishes an illustration remarkable as a touch-stone of the whole system.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner uses the Constitution as a critical example to illustrate his points about the war system.

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Charles Sumner: “The Constitution of our own country furnishes an illustration remarkable as a touch-stone of the whole system.”