Charles Sumner: “Without security in the future Reconstruction is a failure; and that…”

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Without security in the future Reconstruction is a failure; and that now should be our first, prime object.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that without future security, efforts at Reconstruction will ultimately fail, highlighting its importance.

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Charles Sumner: “Without security in the future Reconstruction is a failure; and that now should be our first, prime object.”