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If they can be employed, first to sever the States from the Union, and then to prevent the Union from extending its power over them, State Rights are at once sword and buckler to the Rebellion.
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Sumner describes State Rights as a dual tool for the Rebellion, enabling both secession and resistance to federal authority.
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