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Let the Reconstruction Acts be maintained in peace, in other words, let peace be established in the Rebel States, and the menace of Repudiation will disappear from the scene,--none so poor to do it reverence.
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Sumner believes that maintaining peace in the Rebel States will eliminate the threat of financial repudiation.
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