On the record
Sumner, as follows: ‘I do not want any of these flaming speeches here, calculated to excite merely, to feed a flame without seeing where it shall extend.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Sumner, as follows: ‘I do not want any of these flaming speeches here, calculated to excite merely, to feed a flame…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner expresses his disdain for speeches that incite emotions without clear purpose, advocating for reasoned discourse.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Other voices in this conversation
