Charles Sumner: “By the system you have adopted, the civil is subordinate to the…”

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By the system you have adopted, the civil is subordinate to the military, and the civilian yields to the soldier.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the subordination of civil authority to military power in governance.

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Charles Sumner: “By the system you have adopted, the civil is subordinate to the military, and the civilian yields to the soldier.”