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Charles Sumner: “If Slavery has no constitutional existence here, then more than ever is Congress bound to interfere, even with money…”

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If Slavery has no constitutional existence here, then more than ever is Congress bound to interfere, even with money; for the scandal must be peremptorily stopped, without any postponement, or any consultation of the people on a point which is not within their power.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner argues that if slavery is not constitutionally valid, Congress has an obligation to act against it immediately.

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