Give us the just measure of protection of our civil rights before the pardoning of those who deny us our rights and who would destroy the nation, and the colored people can feel assured that they are not to be forced into a back seat, and that traitors are not to be exalted.
Sumner demands that civil rights protections be prioritized before granting amnesty to those who oppose them.
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