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It is contrary to reason and to common sense to suppose that Congress intended to blind its eyes and tie its hands, so that it could see nothing and do nothing, although the State continued disloyal to the core.
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Sumner critiques the idea that Congress would willingly ignore disloyalty in Virginia.
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