The taste which the Senator announces he will have free liberty to exercise, selecting always his companions; but when it comes to rights, there the Senator must obey the law, and I insist that by the law of the land all persons without distinction of color shall be equal in rights.
Sumner emphasizes the legal equality of all individuals regardless of race in the context of rights.
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