Charles Sumner: “The moment war is declared, there is, from the fact of war, a…”

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The moment war is declared, there is, from the fact of war, a suspension of commercial relations with the hostile power.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner states that war inherently leads to a suspension of commercial relations with the enemy.

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Charles Sumner: “The moment war is declared, there is, from the fact of war, a suspension of commercial relations with the hostile power.”