PRESIDENT,--In offering the resolution, I felt that I was doing good service to the Commissioners appointed to carry out our recent measure of Emancipation, and I felt also that I was helping to correct possible abuses in anticipation of its operation.
Sumner expresses his belief that his resolution supports the efforts of the Commissioners in implementing Emancipation and addresses potential issues.
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