Charles Sumner: “It is a mockery to say, that, under these explicit words, Congress is…”

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It is a mockery to say, that, under these explicit words, Congress is powerless to forbid any discrimination of color at the ballot-box.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner critiques the notion that Congress lacks power to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

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