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Vain all attempt to reconstruct the national finances while the Rebellion was still in arms.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Vain all attempt to reconstruct the national finances while the Rebellion was still in arms.”
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Sumner argues that financial reconstruction is futile while the rebellion persists.
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