Since all loyal government has ceased to exist, the whole region, in all its divisions and subdivisions, has, from the necessity of the case, lapsed under the national jurisdiction, which is as complete for all practical purposes as that same jurisdiction over the District of Columbia.
Sumner argues that the absence of loyal government in rebel states places them under national jurisdiction, akin to Washington D.C.
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