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It is enough that the Rebel States be declared vacated, as in fact they are, by all local government which we are bound to recognize: so that the way is open to the exercise of a rightful jurisdiction.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is enough that the Rebel States be declared vacated, as in fact they are, by all local government which we are bound…”
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Sumner argues for the recognition of the Rebel States' lack of local government, paving the way for rightful jurisdiction.
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