In this plain presentment, whether as regards security or as regards elections, there is enough, without proceeding further, to justify the intervention of Congress, promptly and completely, to throw over this oppressed people the impenetrable shield of the Constitution and laws.
Sumner calls for Congressional intervention to protect the rights of citizens in Kansas, asserting the need for constitutional safeguards.
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