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Now, Sir, would you have your work effective, you should delay amnesty until a bill for civil rights has passed the House, and reaching this Chamber the two measures will then be on a complete equality.
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Sumner advises that amnesty should be delayed until civil rights are secured to ensure equality between the two measures.
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