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Search the Constitution, and you will find no grant, general or special, conferring upon Congress power to legislate with regard to fugitives from service or labor.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Search the Constitution, and you will find no grant, general or special, conferring upon Congress power to legislate…”
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Sumner claims that the Constitution does not grant Congress the authority to legislate on matters concerning fugitives.
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