The sentiment which inspired us to hail the abolition of Slavery with gratitude, as the triumph of justice, should make us reject with indignation a device to crystallize into organic law the disfranchisement of a race.
Sumner calls for rejection of any laws that would disenfranchise a race, framing it as a moral imperative.
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