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Charles Sumner: “But I should fail in frankness, if I did not give notice that at the proper time I shall insist that every reason, every…”

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But I should fail in frankness, if I did not give notice that at the proper time I shall insist that every reason, every argument, every consideration, by which you assert the power of Congress for the protection of colored persons in civil rights, is equally strong for their protection in political rights.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner asserts that the arguments for protecting civil rights should also apply to political rights.

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