The British merchant builds his hopes of trade and profit on the progress of civilization and good government, on the successful assertion of Freedom,--of Freedom, that parent of talent, that parent of heroism, that parent of every virtue.
In this quote, Sumner highlights the connection between trade, civilization, and the virtues of freedom.
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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.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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!
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.
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