Charles Sumner: “Therefore, according to the precedents of our history, reinforced by…”

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Therefore, according to the precedents of our history, reinforced by reason and authority, does the “assumpsit” of the treaty fail.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the treaty's validity is undermined by historical precedents and legal reasoning.

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