Charles Sumner: “But this word must be interpreted in the light of the Constitution, which knows no “color,” and again in the light of…”

“But this word must be interpreted in the light of the Constitution, which knows no “color,” and again in the light of the Declaration of Independence, which knows no “color,” and yet again in the light of common sense, which refuses to recognize “color” as a “qualification,” in any just sense of the term.”