On the record
My answer is, that Congress has precisely the same power to enfranchise the families that it has to enfranchise the colored soldier.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that Congress has the same authority to enfranchise families as it does for soldiers, reinforcing the principle of equality.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Other voices in this conversation
