In all these cases it is consequently an implied condition, in negotiating with foreign powers, that the treaties concluded by the executive government shall be subject to ratification in the manner prescribed by the fundamental laws of the State.
Sumner states that treaties must be ratified according to a nation's fundamental laws, implying a legal framework for international agreements.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Other voices in this conversation
