Charles Sumner: “It was the purpose of our fathers to create a National Government, and…”

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It was the purpose of our fathers to create a National Government, and to endow it with adequate powers.

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Massachusetts

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He asserts that the founders aimed to create a national government endowed with sufficient powers.

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Charles Sumner: “It was the purpose of our fathers to create a National Government, and to endow it with adequate powers.”