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And now the President, in the exercise of the One Man Power, decrees that communities lately in rebellion shall be taken at once into our “copartnership.” I object to the decree as dangerous to the Republic.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And now the President, in the exercise of the One Man Power, decrees that communities lately in rebellion shall be taken…”
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He objects to the President's unilateral decision to reintegrate rebellious communities into the government.
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