In other words, so important a rule, having its foundation in the Law of Nature, the Law of Corporations, Parliamentary Law, and the principles of republican institutions, cannot be set aside without the plainest and most positive intendment.
Sumner states that fundamental rules of governance cannot be disregarded without clear intent.
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