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They did no such thing; or, if it is insisted, contrary to received rules of interpretation, that such must be the signification of their language, clearly they did not understand it so.
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Sumner asserts that if the Constitution's language is misinterpreted to support slavery, it reflects a misunderstanding of its intent.
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