So long as it continues, the great question of the war remains still undecided; for, as I explained the other day, that transcendent issue, as stated by Jefferson Davis, and then again accepted by Abraham Lincoln, was Equality.
Sumner reflects on the unresolved issues of the Civil War, emphasizing that equality remains a central concern.
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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
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