In the original concession to the United States of this twofold power there was open recognition of the ultimate responsibility and duty of the National Government, conferring jurisdiction above all pretended State Rights; and now the occasion has come for the exercise of this twofold power thus solemnly conceded.
Sumner reflects on the recognition of the National Government's responsibility to exercise its powers above State Rights.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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