Charles Sumner: “In adducing it, you bring authority against the present pretension…”

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In adducing it, you bring authority against the present pretension; for you show clearly that the pretension had no foundation in the statute.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that citing the Enabling Act undermines the current claims being made.

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