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To me it seems obvious that the Constitution contemplated the special action of Congress on every occasion for the exercise of this power.
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Sumner argues that the Constitution intended for Congress to act specifically when exercising certain powers.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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