As I understand it, this bill, which, as the Senator will see, actually annuls all State laws, everywhere throughout the United States, fixing any inequality in civil rights, is founded upon the second clause of the recent Amendment to the Constitution abolishing Slavery.
Sumner asserts that a bill aimed at ensuring equality in civil rights is grounded in constitutional amendments, emphasizing the legal basis for such legislation.
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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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