I have no other feeling but that of pity for the opposition party, who were deceived and led by adventurers having only their own personal aggrandizement and aims in view, with neither interest, character, nor self-respect at stake; for this a majority of them never had.
Sumner expresses pity for those misled by opportunistic leaders, reflecting on the moral implications of political deception.
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