On the record
In my judgment the Senate cannot listen to anything of more consequence than this accurate, authentic, most authoritative report with regard to the actual condition of things in the States lately in rebellion.
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Sumner emphasizes the significance of Schurz's report on the conditions in the former Confederate states.
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