Charles Sumner: “My instincts were ever against it, and, from the time when, while yet a student of law, I read the classical report to…”

“My instincts were ever against it, and, from the time when, while yet a student of law, I read the classical report to the Legislature of Louisiana, by that illustrious jurist, Edward Livingston, I have been constantly glad to find my instincts confirmed by reason.”