Charles Sumner: “This great power was not handed over indefinitely to the President, to…”

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This great power was not handed over indefinitely to the President, to be wielded at will, but was lodged in Congress.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the power to declare war should not be given indefinitely to the President but should remain with Congress.

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Charles Sumner: “This great power was not handed over indefinitely to the President, to be wielded at will, but was lodged in Congress.”