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It concerns the rights of citizenship, and this subject is as essentially national as the army or the navy.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “It concerns the rights of citizenship, and this subject is as essentially national as the army or the navy.”
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He argues that citizenship rights are a national concern, akin to military matters.
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