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How vain to set up State rights as an impediment to this beneficent power!
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Sumner argues against the notion that state rights should hinder federal powers, emphasizing the importance of a strong national government.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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