The entire and unimpeachable constitutionality of the present measure is apparent in certain familiar precepts of the Constitution, brought to view in the title and preamble of the measure as introduced by me, but omitted in the bill now before us.
Sumner emphasizes the constitutionality of a measure by referencing familiar constitutional principles.
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