The States are not merely allied, associated, coalesced, confederated, but they are United, and the Constitution, formed to secure a more perfect union, is “for the United States of America,” which term was used as the common name of the Nation.
In this statement, Sumner clarifies that the states are united under a common national identity as per the Constitution.
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