Between two enactments, one requiring the surrender of property without compensation, and the other declaring that the nation shall not and will not pay an equal amount according to solemn promise, there can be no just distinction.
Sumner argues that there is no moral distinction between confiscating property without compensation and failing to honor financial obligations.
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