Recent events on her own soil have taught the necessity of new safeguards to these great principles,--to the end that Massachusetts may not be the vassal of South Carolina and Virginia, that the Slave-Hunter may not range at will among us, and that the liberties of all may not be violated with impunity.
Sumner stresses the need for new safeguards to protect liberties in Massachusetts from external threats.
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Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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