On the record
Not in Slavery or its battles is “chivalry” found, not in vain pretension, not in any indignity to the poor and lowly.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that true 'chivalry' is not found in slavery or its associated battles, but rather in dignity for all.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Other voices in this conversation
