Beginning and continuing in usurpation, it was hateful beyond pardon, because it sacrificed Unionists, white and black, and was in the interest of the Rebellion, and of Rebels who had been in arms against their country.
Sumner condemns the ongoing usurpation of power that harms loyal citizens and benefits rebels.
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