Seldom any doubt is raised now as to the Constitutional power of the National Government to accomplish and secure any of the great results which we could not secure before the war, by reason of what is called the doctrine of State Rights.
Hoar discusses the consensus among politicians regarding the federal government's powers post-Civil War.
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