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This argument forgets the paramount power of Congress over the Rebel States, which you have already exercised in ordaining universal suffrage.
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Sumner reminds Congress of its power to enforce universal suffrage in the Rebel States, which supports his argument for educational requirements.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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