Last Friday this Senate solemnly declared, that, under the Constitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, it had power to decree the equal rights of all persons everywhere throughout the United States, without distinction of color.
Sumner highlights a significant Senate declaration affirming the equal rights of all persons post-slavery, emphasizing its constitutional basis.
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