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If on any ground one of the original Thirteen might renounce its obligations to the Union, it would not follow that one of the new States, occupying the common territory, could do likewise.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If on any ground one of the original Thirteen might renounce its obligations to the Union, it would not follow that one…”
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Sumner argues that no state can unilaterally renounce its obligations to the Union, regardless of its status.
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