He will not say that a constitution which undertakes to exclude persons from equal rights on account of color is consistent with the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence; and that, Sir, is the very requirement of the Enabling Act.
Sumner challenges the notion that a constitution excluding individuals based on color can be consistent with fundamental democratic principles.
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