The word “white” found no place in the original Common Law; nor did it find any place afterward in our two title-deeds of Constitutional Liberty, each interpreting the other, and being the fountain out of which are derived the rights and duties of the American citizen.
Sumner states that the original Common Law and the Constitution do not support racial distinctions in citizenship.
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Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
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