It is audaciously declared, that, under the existing Constitution, each State, in the exercise of its own discretion, may withdraw from the Union; and this asserted right of secession is invoked as cover for Rebellion begun in conspiracy.
Sumner argues against the legitimacy of secession, linking it to the conspiracy of rebellion.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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