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It is said that Rebel slave-masters should have their “rights under the Constitution.” To this plausible language is added that other phrase, “the Constitution as it is.” All this means Slavery, and nothing else.
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Sumner argues that claims of constitutional rights for slave-masters ultimately serve to perpetuate slavery.
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