Now, Sir, I say that in those two great title-deeds of the Republic,--and that is the term by which I shall always designate them,--one interpreting the other, there is no single word which can sanction any exclusion on account of race or color.
Sumner argues that the foundational documents of the Republic do not allow for racial exclusion.
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