Protest, argument, negotiation, correspondence, and war itself--unhappily the last reason of republics, as of kings--were all employed by the United States in vain to procure renunciation of the intolerable pretension.
Sumner lists the various methods employed by the United States to oppose British pretensions, highlighting the futility of these efforts.
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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…
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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!
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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