Charles Sumner: “It has disappeared and been lost in the supremacy of the National…”

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It has disappeared and been lost in the supremacy of the National Government, so that it can no longer be recognized.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that State sovereignty has been lost due to the supremacy of the National Government.

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Charles Sumner: “It has disappeared and been lost in the supremacy of the National Government, so that it can no longer be recognized.”