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Charles Sumner: “I maintain, that, when the passenger is landed, and comes within the limits and jurisdiction of the State, and within…”

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I maintain, that, when the passenger is landed, and comes within the limits and jurisdiction of the State, and within its police power, the commercial power of the Government ceases at that point, and the treatment of the passenger thereafter is within the police power of the State exclusively.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that once passengers are on land, state police powers take precedence over federal commercial powers.

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