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Charles Sumner: “All this is still worse, when it is considered that the very Constitution of Dominica, under which the adventurer…”

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All this is still worse, when it is considered that the very Constitution of Dominica, under which the adventurer professes to hold rule, provides that there shall be no transfer to any foreign power of any portion of the country.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner points out a constitutional provision in Dominica that prohibits foreign transfer of territory.

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