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Charles Sumner: “That Constitution provides for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and gives Congress full power over the…”

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That Constitution provides for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and gives Congress full power over the subject,--in which particular, be it observed, it is clearly distinguishable from that of fugitive slaves, over whom no such power is given.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner explains the constitutional powers granted to Congress regarding the militia, distinguishing it from fugitive slave laws.

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