Charles Sumner: “If you insist upon counting a rebel State, having no Legislature, you…”

On the record

If you insist upon counting a rebel State, having no Legislature, you make a concession to rebellion.

Said by

Massachusetts

Source

Here, Sumner warns against counting a rebel state without a legislature, as it would undermine the legitimacy of Congress.

More from Charles Sumner

Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.

Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.

Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.

Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.

Other voices in this conversation

Charles Sumner: “If you insist upon counting a rebel State, having no Legislature, you make a concession to rebellion.”