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All this has happily ceased, except as an echo from Rebels and their allies, whose leading part is a protest against the power of Congress and the equal rights of the freedman.
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Sumner remarks on the cessation of criticism from rebels and their allies regarding Congress's power and the rights of freedmen.
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