Charles Sumner: “The occasion, then, for the exercise of this extraordinary power is…”

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The occasion, then, for the exercise of this extraordinary power is found in the Rebellion.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner identifies the Rebellion as the reason for the need to exercise extraordinary governmental powers.

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Charles Sumner: “The occasion, then, for the exercise of this extraordinary power is found in the Rebellion.”