Charles Sumner: “They both do violence to the true principles of the National…”

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They both do violence to the true principles of the National Constitution, if not to common sense.

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Sumner argues that both opposing arguments violate the principles of the National Constitution and common sense.

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Charles Sumner: “They both do violence to the true principles of the National Constitution, if not to common sense.”