Charles Sumner: “They are the powers conceded by civilized society to nations at war…”

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They are the powers conceded by civilized society to nations at war, known as Rights of War,--at once multitudinous and minute, vast and various.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner defines the Rights of War as powers granted to nations at war, which are numerous and varied.

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Charles Sumner: “They are the powers conceded by civilized society to nations at war, known as Rights of War,--at once multitudinous and…”