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Congress has done this great act of justice, and, thank God, it cannot be undone.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Congress has done this great act of justice, and, thank God, it cannot be undone.”
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Sumner celebrates Congress's actions as a permanent achievement of justice that cannot be reversed.
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