Therefore it is not stating an axiom to announce grandly that only white men are equal in rights; nor is it stating an axiom to announce with the same grandeur that all persons are equal in rights, but that colored persons have no rights except to testify and vote.
Sumner critiques the flawed notion that only white men possess equal rights, arguing for universal equality.
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