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Charles Sumner: “Such, I believe, is a candid statement of the pretension for State Rights against Congressional governments, which, it…”

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Such, I believe, is a candid statement of the pretension for State Rights against Congressional governments, which, it is argued, cannot be substituted for the State governments.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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Sumner provides a candid view on the arguments made for State Rights against Congressional authority.

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