Least of all did any menial Governor, “dressed in a little brief authority,” play the fantastic tricks now witnessed in Kansas; nor did any person wearing the robes of justice shock high Heaven with the mockery of injustice now enacted by emissaries of the President in that Territory.
Sumner contrasts the actions of past governors with the injustices occurring in Kansas, highlighting a decline in governance.
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