Charles Sumner: “Thus, on every ground of precedent, whether as regards population or forms of proceeding,--also, on the vital principle…”

“Thus, on every ground of precedent, whether as regards population or forms of proceeding,--also, on the vital principle of American Institutions,--and, lastly, on the supreme law of self-defence, do I now invoke the power of Congress to admit Kansas at once and without hesitation into the Union.”