But there are positive texts of the National Constitution, refulgent as the Capitol itself, which forbid it with sovereign, irresistible power, and invest Congress with all needful authority to maintain the prohibition.
Sumner asserts that the Constitution explicitly prohibits inequality and empowers Congress to enforce this prohibition.
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