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The citizens it once trampled on as slaves it will continue to trample on as outcasts, and it will set up your permission emblazoned in the Constitution itself.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner emphasizes the ongoing oppression of citizens through constitutional support.

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