I suppose he will be frank enough to inform us whether it is intended as the commencement of the policy that negroes shall be allowed to become office-holders, to hold both Federal and State offices throughout the country,--whether he regards this as the inauguration of that policy.
In this quote, Sumner questions whether the policy allowing African Americans to hold office is being initiated, reflecting his commitment to civil rights.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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