Charles Sumner: “It may appear to be part of this system, it may affect to be, but I…”

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It may appear to be part of this system, it may affect to be, but I pronounce it a mistake to suppose that it is so in any just constitutional sense.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that it is a mistake to believe that the volunteer militia is constitutionally part of the National Militia.

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Charles Sumner: “It may appear to be part of this system, it may affect to be, but I pronounce it a mistake to suppose that it is so in…”