He goes beyond all the precedents of the conservative lawyers of New England, and all the arguments of the Secretary of State, to the essential principles of International Law, as recognized by the great thinkers and statesmen of the Continent of Europe, and as contended for by our own Government.
Sumner argues for the fundamental principles of International Law, surpassing traditional legal arguments.
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