If this interdict is restricted simply to tariff bills, which occur only at rare intervals, it becomes a very inadequate compensation for the surrender by the large States to the small States in the constitution of the Senate.
Sumner argues that limiting the Senate's interdict to tariff bills is insufficient compensation for the large states' concessions.
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