Charles Sumner said "The Union is a mare liberum, beyond the power of any State, and not a mare clausum, subject to as many tyrannies as there are States." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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The Union is a mare liberum, beyond the power of any State, and not a mare clausum, subject to as many tyrannies as there are States.

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Massachusetts

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Here, Sumner argues that the Union should be free from state control and tyranny, promoting the idea of a shared national identity.

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