Charles Sumner: “President, I most humbly submit that the clause of the Constitution…”

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President, I most humbly submit that the clause of the Constitution just quoted is entirely inapplicable.

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Sumner argues that the quoted constitutional clause is not applicable to the case at hand, asserting his legal interpretation.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.

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Charles Sumner: “President, I most humbly submit that the clause of the Constitution just quoted is entirely inapplicable.”