On the record
In the provisions of that section he found a new system of Slavery: sometimes it was Slavery outright, and sometimes it was Peon Slavery.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner critiques a section of a bill that he believes establishes a new form of slavery.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Other voices in this conversation
