On the record
What lawless violence failed to accomplish was urged next through forms of law.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner notes that when violence fails, attempts to suppress dissent continue through legal means.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Other voices in this conversation
