I never doubted that this interpretation was wrong,--not even in the days of Slavery; but it is doubly, triply wrong now that the Declaration of Independence is at last regarded, and that the Constitution not only makes Slavery impossible, but assures the citizen in the enjoyment of Equal Rights.
Sumner expresses his long-held belief that the interpretation of the Constitution supporting slavery is fundamentally wrong.
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