Suffice it to say that the Convention at Baltimore openly and frankly pledged all its energies to the suppression of the Rebellion, and to the utter and complete extirpation of Slavery from the soil of the Republic, without compromise or hesitation of any kind.
Sumner highlights the commitment of the Baltimore Convention to suppress the Rebellion and abolish slavery without compromise.
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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.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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