Charles Sumner: “Whether viewed apart or together, these two are one and the same; but…”

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Whether viewed apart or together, these two are one and the same; but the two reinforce each other.

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Sumner asserts that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are interconnected and mutually reinforcing.

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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.

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Charles Sumner: “Whether viewed apart or together, these two are one and the same; but the two reinforce each other.”