Charles Sumner: “Is not the distinction clear as noonday between what is prohibited by…”

On the record

Is not the distinction clear as noonday between what is prohibited by the Constitution and what is proposed by my amendment?

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

Sumner highlights the clear distinction between constitutional prohibitions and proposed amendments.

More from Charles Sumner

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Other voices in this conversation

Charles Sumner: “Is not the distinction clear as noonday between what is prohibited by the Constitution and what is proposed by my…”