To prove that the Rebel States continue precisely as before, we are reminded that Andrew Johnson continued to occupy his seat in the Senate after Tennessee had adopted its Act of Secession and embarked in rebellion, and that his presence testified to the fact that rebel Tennessee was still a State of the Union.
Sumner uses Andrew Johnson's Senate presence as evidence that Tennessee remained a state despite its secession.
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