As if to do something inconceivably repugnant to just principles, and especially obnoxious to the people of Massachusetts, it is proposed to despoil our colored fellow-citizens there of political franchises long time assured by the institutions of that Liberty-loving Commonwealth.
Sumner highlights the injustice of depriving Massachusetts' colored citizens of their political rights.
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