They complain that fugitive slaves are not faithfully surrendered,--or, in other words, that some score or two of human beings, following the North Star, with the assistance of Northern men, succeed in securing their freedom.
Sumner critiques the failure of the Fugitive Slave Law to protect the rights of escaped slaves.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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