Charles Sumner: “You all know, that, at the close of the war, when the Rebel States…”

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You all know, that, at the close of the war, when the Rebel States were without lawful governments, he assumed to supply them.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out the President's assumption of authority to govern Rebel States after the Civil War.

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Charles Sumner: “You all know, that, at the close of the war, when the Rebel States were without lawful governments, he assumed to supply…”