Charles Sumner: “Already it has the power to do everything permitted by the Law of…”

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Already it has the power to do everything permitted by the Law of Nations, and it ought not to do anything else.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the U.S. government has the necessary power under international law to act appropriately.

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Charles Sumner: “Already it has the power to do everything permitted by the Law of Nations, and it ought not to do anything else.”