Charles Sumner: “Every statute and all legislation, whether National or State, must be…”

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Every statute and all legislation, whether National or State, must be in complete conformity with the two title-deeds.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that all legislation must align with the foundational documents of American liberty.

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Charles Sumner: “Every statute and all legislation, whether National or State, must be in complete conformity with the two title-deeds.”