The Freedmen’s Bureau, that sacred charity of the Republic, was despoiled of its possessions for the sake of Rebels, to whom their forfeited estates were given back after they had been vested by law in the United States.
Sumner defends the Freedmen's Bureau and condemns the return of property to former Rebels.
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