The blood curdles at the thought of such enormities, and especially at the thought that the poor freedmen, to whom we owe protection, are left to the unrestrained will of such a people, smarting with defeat, and ready to wreak vengeance upon these representatives of a true loyalty.
Sumner condemns the treatment of freedmen and the dangers they face from those who have been defeated.
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Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
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