There should have been a system of public schools, greater protection to the freedmen, and more security against the Rebels, all of which I sought in vain to obtain in committee, and I found all effort in the Senate foreclosed by our action in caucus.
Sumner advocates for better education and protection for freedmen during the Reconstruction era.
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