Besides, if the elective franchise seem “appropriate” to assure the “extirpation” of Slavery, Congress has the same power to secure this right that it has to secure the right to sue and testify in courts, which it has already done.
Sumner asserts that Congress has the authority to secure voting rights just as it does for civil rights.
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