Charles Sumner: “This national power is still in full operation, and as completely…”

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This national power is still in full operation, and as completely constitutional as the power to raise armies.

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Sumner asserts that the national power to secure the nation remains fully operational and constitutional.

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Charles Sumner: “This national power is still in full operation, and as completely constitutional as the power to raise armies.”