Against our Rebels the Nation had two sources of power and two arsenals of rights,--one of these being the powers and rights of sovereignty, and the other the powers and rights of war,--the former being determined by the Constitution, the latter by International Law.
Sumner emphasizes the dual sources of power the Nation had against the Rebels during the Civil War.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
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