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A year ago I asserted on this floor that we must give the suffrage to all colored persons by Act of Congress and without Constitutional Amendment, founding myself on two grounds.
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Sumner argues for granting suffrage to all colored persons through Congressional action rather than a Constitutional amendment.
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