His impassioned arraignment of the disunionists was loudly applauded by the galleries, and clearly indicated the part he would have played in the late Rebellion had his life been spared to witness that direful event.
Julian describes the powerful oratory of a senator who passionately opposed disunionists, hinting at his potential role in the Civil War.
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Its prizes are often rich and suddenly gained, and when they are sought through the forms of a law which compels a man to choose between an expensive and hazardous litigation and robbery, human nature is severely tried.
It was completely at war with the genius and spirit of democratic government.
But as to slavery he seemed to have no conscience, regarding it as a matter of total moral indifference, and thus completely confounding the distinction between right and wrong.
It was a confession of Congressional incompetence to deal with a problem which Congress alone had the right to solve.
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