At last, to the defiant watchword, “Taxation no Tyranny,” hurled from London, our fathers returned that other defiant watchword, “Independence.” But they did not turn their backs upon the principles asserted throughout the long controversy.
Sumner notes the defiance of the American colonists in response to British taxation, emphasizing their commitment to principles of independence.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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