How often during the war have I pleaded for such patriots, and urged to every effort for their redemption!--and now, when our arms have prevailed, it is they who are cast down, while the enemies of the Republic are exalted.
Sumner reflects on his previous advocacy for loyal patriots during the war and their subsequent marginalization after victory.
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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.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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