All must admit, too, that, if no Republican party existed now,--even if that halcyon day had come, so often promised by cajoling politicians, when the Slavery Question was settled,--still there would be a political necessity for a great party of Opposition to act as check on the Administration.
Sumner argues for the necessity of a political opposition even in a time when slavery might be resolved.
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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.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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