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If Rebels cannot be officers under our Government, they ought not to be voters.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “If Rebels cannot be officers under our Government, they ought not to be voters.”
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Sumner argues that former Rebels should not hold positions of power or vote in the government.
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