Could the same spirit which inspired the Fathers enter into our community now, the marshals, and every magistrate who regarded this law as having any constitutional obligation, would resign, rather than presume to execute it.
Sumner argues that true patriots would refuse to enforce unjust laws, highlighting a moral obligation to resist oppression.
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