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Such a State is, beyond all question, a Rebel State, with no title to a place in Congress or in the Electoral College, until readmitted to its ancient rights by a vote in both Houses of Congress.
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Sumner asserts that a state that supports secession has no right to representation until it is readmitted by Congress.
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