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All this winter I have stood guard here, making an earnest though unsuccessful effort to secure those rights, insisting always that they should be recognized side by side with the rights of former Rebels.
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Sumner expresses his frustration over the lack of recognition for the rights of oppressed people during a difficult political season.
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