Charles Sumner: “No excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of…”

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No excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of irregularity, no argument of “estoppel” can be heard.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner dismisses various arguments against Congressional action as trivial in the face of duty.

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Charles Sumner: “No excuse of State Rights, no fine-spun technicality, no plea of irregularity, no argument of “estoppel” can be heard.”