If, however, by retaliation he meant that captured Rebels in our hands should be cut off from the pleasant comforts of life which Northerners subservient to the South love to extend to them, then, indeed, we fully agree.
Sumner discusses the moral implications of retaliatory actions against captured Rebels.
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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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