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You concede to a mutinous State the power to arrest, it may be, the organization of Congress, or, it may be, amendments to the Constitution important to the general welfare.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You concede to a mutinous State the power to arrest, it may be, the organization of Congress, or, it may be, amendments…”
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Sumner argues that conceding power to a mutinous state could disrupt Congress and important constitutional amendments.
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