The Constitution next provides for the “enumeration” of the people, and under this provision there is a decennial census of the whole people, without distinction of color or descent; and yet, while including all of African descent in your population, you refuse to receive their petitions.
In this quote, Sumner points out the contradiction of counting people of African descent in the census while denying them the right to petition.
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