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And so you may go through all these Reconstruction statutes, and you will find that under all of them the whole subject is brought back ultimately to the discretion of Congress.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And so you may go through all these Reconstruction statutes, and you will find that under all of them the whole subject…”
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Sumner points out that all Reconstruction laws ultimately return to Congress's discretion.
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