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Meanwhile this great question, which cannot brook delay, which for the sake of peace and to complete Reconstruction should be settled at once, is handed over to prolonged controversy in the States.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Meanwhile this great question, which cannot brook delay, which for the sake of peace and to complete Reconstruction…”
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Sumner emphasizes the urgency of resolving a significant issue for the sake of peace and Reconstruction.
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