But I do not agree that the National Government has power under the Constitution to touch Slavery in the States, any more than it has power to touch the twin Barbarism of Polygamy in the States, while fully endowed to arrest and suppress both in all the Territories.
Sumner argues against the federal government's power to interfere with slavery in the states, drawing a parallel to polygamy.
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