Sumner remarked that he had visited the jail, and found it neither more nor less than a mere human sty; and since the Senate had undertaken to send a fellow-creature there, he thought that the least it could do was to see that something was done to improve its condition.
Sumner emphasizes the inhumane conditions of a jail and advocates for its improvement, reflecting his commitment to social justice.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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