Charles Sumner: “In other words, you must brush away these illegal governments, the…”

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In other words, you must brush away these illegal governments, the spawn of Presidential usurpation, and supply their places.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner calls for the removal of illegal governments and the establishment of legitimate ones as part of the Reconstruction process.

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