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The time has passed when this power can be questioned.
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Sumner asserts that the power of Congress to act on enfranchisement is no longer debatable.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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