In response to the warlike acclamations of those who exonerate themselves from the impost of blood, or who find in public misfortunes a source of new speculations, we protest,--we who wish for peace, work, and liberty.
Sumner expresses a desire for peace and liberty in response to those who profit from war and public misfortunes.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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.
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