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It will not only be wicked and infamous, but suicidal, for us to let the greater part of the rank and file of the Rebels come back and be voters, while we exclude our colored countrymen.
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Sumner warns against allowing former Confederates to vote while excluding African Americans, highlighting the moral implications.
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