On the record
You are to fix the securities of the future, and especially to see that a republican government is guarantied in an the Rebel States.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the responsibility to ensure republican governance in the Rebel States.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Other voices in this conversation
