Throughout the Revolution this pretension was a check upon the powers of Congress, whether in respect to armies or finances, so that it was too often constrained to content itself with the language of advice or persuasion rather than of command.
Sumner reflects on how the pretension of State Rights hindered Congress during the Revolution.
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