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Sumner from the beginning had regarded the votes of colored fellow-citizens necessary to a proper reconstruction,--first, as an act of justice to them, and, secondly, as a counterpoise to the disloyal.
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Sumner believes that the votes of colored citizens are essential for proper reconstruction after the war.
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