Charles Sumner: “But, in the name of Justice, I insist that nothing further shall be…”

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But, in the name of Justice, I insist that nothing further shall be done to invest the States with peculiar local power.

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Massachusetts

Source

In the name of Justice, Sumner argues against granting States excessive local power.

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Charles Sumner: “But, in the name of Justice, I insist that nothing further shall be done to invest the States with peculiar local power.”