No, Sir; it was there with a view to a practical result, to meet precisely the case now before the Senate,--that is, a seeming compliance with the requirements of our Reconstruction policy, but a failure in substance.
Sumner critiques a situation where there appears to be compliance with Reconstruction policies but lacks genuine substance.
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