Charles Sumner: “Among national obligations which cannot be declined or postponed, and…”

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Among national obligations which cannot be declined or postponed, and which rest primarily on Congress, is the duty of protecting Reconstruction.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes Congress's obligation to protect the Reconstruction process as a national duty.

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