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Is it not to carry out your Reconstruction Bill, to smooth difficulties, to remove wrong, to establish justice?
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner questions the purpose of the Reconstruction Bill in terms of justice and addressing wrongs.
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