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You should not return to your homes without this additional Act by which Reconstruction is finished.
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Sumner urges that an additional Act is necessary to finalize the Reconstruction process before returning home.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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