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Situated within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Constitution, where State rights cannot prevail, it exists in open defiance of most cherished principles.
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Sumner emphasizes the supremacy of the Constitution over state rights in this statement.
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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
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