Charles Sumner: “This very Act of Congress originated in the Senate, which at that day…”

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This very Act of Congress originated in the Senate, which at that day undertook to exercise no such power as is now claimed.

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Massachusetts

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He notes that the Act of Congress in question originated in the Senate, which historically did not claim the power now asserted.

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Charles Sumner: “This very Act of Congress originated in the Senate, which at that day undertook to exercise no such power as is now…”