Its objectionable character became more apparent, when it was considered that it did this at a crisis when complete justice to the freedmen was at once the prompting of gratitude and the requirement of necessity for the sake of national peace and the good name of the Republic.
Here, Sumner argues that the timing and context of the proposed amendment demand complete justice for freedmen.
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