Charles Sumner: “In raising and supporting an army, in providing and maintaining a…”

On the record

In raising and supporting an army, in providing and maintaining a navy, Congress is not restricted to any particular class or color.

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

Sumner states that Congress's military powers are not limited by race or color.

More from Charles Sumner

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

Other voices in this conversation

Charles Sumner: “In raising and supporting an army, in providing and maintaining a navy, Congress is not restricted to any particular…”