We have already provided that there shall be no exclusion in testimony on account of color: we must also provide that there shall be no exclusion from the jury on account of color; and until that provision is made by supreme national law, not to be set aside, justice is not fully done.
Sumner calls for the elimination of racial exclusion from juries as a matter of justice.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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