The passage of the bill under your thorough exposition of the subject will be a big white stone in our pathway as a nation, and a gravestone to the vampires and Vandals who have left nothing by the wayside but works of treason leading to bloodshed and desolation.
Sumner metaphorically describes the passage of a bill as a significant milestone for the nation, contrasting it with the destructive legacy of treason.
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