Charles Sumner: “Just in proportion as it prevails, it is impossible to establish the…”

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Just in proportion as it prevails, it is impossible to establish the Constitution again throughout the Rebel States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the prevalence of State Rights undermines the re-establishment of the Constitution in the Southern states.

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Charles Sumner: “Just in proportion as it prevails, it is impossible to establish the Constitution again throughout the Rebel States.”