They appeal to you in the name of the Constitution, which is for them a safeguard,--in the name of that great victory over the Rebellion through which peace was sealed; and they remind you that they mean to follow up their appeal at the ballot-box.
Sumner points out that African Americans appeal to the Constitution and their recent victory in the Civil War to demand their rights.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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