Not a Senator, not a lawyer says that; it is only one of our colored fellow-citizens whom the Senator would see shut out of the cars, shut out of the hotels, his children shut out from schools, and himself shut out from churches; and seeing these things, the Senator would do nothing, because Congress is powerless!
Sumner criticizes a senator for ignoring the injustices faced by African Americans, highlighting the senator's inaction despite the suffering of his constituents.
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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
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