Charles Sumner: “Nor can any such power be derived from any special grant in any other…”

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Nor can any such power be derived from any special grant in any other part of the Constitution; for none such exists.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that no special grants in the Constitution provide Congress with authority over fugitives.

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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “Nor can any such power be derived from any special grant in any other part of the Constitution; for none such exists.”