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It is not simply the question of a few voters more or less in the District, but it is a question of human rights everywhere throughout this land, involving the national character and its good name forevermore.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It is not simply the question of a few voters more or less in the District, but it is a question of human rights…”
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Sumner emphasizes that the issue of voting rights is tied to broader human rights.
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