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I then went further, and insisted, that, from the necessity of the case, at the present moment, Congress must accord the suffrage to all persons at the South, without distinction of color.
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Sumner insists that Congress must grant suffrage to all individuals in the South without regard to color due to the urgent circumstances.
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