Charles Sumner: “The Constitution has not given us a name, but it has given us powers…”

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The Constitution has not given us a name, but it has given us powers; and those we are now to exercise.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that the Constitution grants powers to the Senate, which they are obligated to exercise.

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Charles Sumner: “The Constitution has not given us a name, but it has given us powers; and those we are now to exercise.”