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I do not question the former; but I say to my excellent friend from Maine that the power to remove the disabilities of colored fellow-citizens is, if possible, stronger, clearer, and more assured than the other.
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Sumner argues that the power to remove disabilities from colored citizens is more assured than the power to grant amnesty to rebels.
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