What I mean to say is this,--and I am sure the honorable member will not be able successfully to controvert it, certainly not by authority,--that there is no difference between the State of Massachusetts and any other State in the Union with reference to its State powers.
Sumner argues for the equality of state powers across the Union, specifically referencing Massachusetts.
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