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The Acts and the Debt are parts of one system, being the means and price of peace.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Acts and the Debt are parts of one system, being the means and price of peace.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner views the Reconstruction Acts and the National Debt as interconnected components essential for peace.
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