Of course there are many who have always stood with you, and who must be sources of encouragement; but we are new recruits, who have had enough of ‘compromise,’ and who see no hope of permanent peace ahead except under a thorough adjusting of the Constitution to the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
In this statement, Sumner reflects on the need for a constitutional adjustment to align with the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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