Charles Sumner: “Nor do I think that any of us on this floor can feel humbled, if our judgment is postponed to that of Judge Gaston of…”

“Nor do I think that any of us on this floor can feel humbled, if our judgment is postponed to that of Judge Gaston of North Carolina, who did not hesitate to declare positively the constitutional law of human rights, by virtue of which colored persons are citizens.”