Treaties negotiated in violation of the Dominican Constitution and of International Law were to be maintained at all hazards, even that last terrible hazard of war; nor was Public Law in any of its forms, Constitutional or International, allowed to stand in the way.
Sumner argues against maintaining treaties that violate constitutional and international law, even in the face of war.
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