What sum shall be counted out as the proper price for the abandonment of that pretension--more indecent than the jus primæ noctis of the feudal age--which leaves woman, whether in the arms of master or slave, always a concubine?
Sumner condemns the notion of compensating for the abandonment of the degrading status of women under slavery.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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