On the record
The political credit of the men who uphold the Usurpation droops even more than the stocks; and the People are turning from all those through whom the Assassins and Thugs derive their disgraceful immunity.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner critiques the political figures supporting the pro-slavery government, noting their declining credibility and public support.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Other voices in this conversation
