I should like to ask him, if he will allow me, whether, in his judgment, the colored Representatives from Georgia and South Carolina in the other Chamber ought not on railroads and at hotels to have like rights with himself?
Sumner questions whether colored Representatives should have the same rights as others in public spaces, advocating for equality.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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