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To both of these classes is our nation bound by every obligation of public faith.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “To both of these classes is our nation bound by every obligation of public faith.”
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Sumner emphasizes the nation's obligation to support both loyal citizens and newly freed individuals.
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