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You must renounce Reconstruction or recognize this power.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You must renounce Reconstruction or recognize this power.”
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This statement reflects Sumner's insistence on the importance of recognizing Congressional power in the context of Reconstruction.
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