“Mr. Sumner submitted resolutions defining the character of
the national contest, and protesting against any premature
restoration of Rebel States without proper guaranties
and safeguards against Slavery and for the protection of
freedmen.”[243]
And on the same day it appears that he submitted the following
Amendment to the Constitution, which, had it been adopted then, would
have cured many of the difficulties that have since occurred, entitled--
“Amendment of the Constitution, securing Equality before the
Law and the Abolition of Slavery.”