Seven years have passed since the close of our Civil War; but, unhappily, during all this period a hostile spirit has continued to exist between the contending sections, while the rights of colored fellow-citizens have been in perpetual question.
Sumner notes the ongoing tensions and unresolved issues regarding the rights of African Americans seven years after the Civil War.
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