I hand it over to the most careful scrutiny, knowing that the President can take no just exception to it, unless he insists upon limiting proper debate, and boldly denies the right of a Senator to express himself freely on great acts of wrong.
Sumner defends the right of Senators to engage in open debate about significant issues without presidential interference.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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