If I am correct in this statement,--and I do not see how it can be questioned,--then is the appropriation for Immediate Emancipation just and proper under the Constitution, while that for Prospective Emancipation is without sanction, except what it finds in the sentiments of justice and humanity.
Sumner argues that Immediate Emancipation is constitutionally justified, unlike Prospective Emancipation.
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