Their support is the assurance that the cause he has so constantly guarded, whether of Equal Rights or Reconciliation, is accepted by Democrats; and this is the pledge of a true union beyond anything in our history.
Sumner argues that Democratic support for equal rights is crucial for a true union in the nation.
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