On the record
Such persons will be justly brought to the test of an oath, and they can claim no immunity from the example of those patriot citizens who, recognizing the crime of Slavery, refused to become in any way its tools.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Such persons will be justly brought to the test of an oath, and they can claim no immunity from the example of those…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner argues that those who support slavery should be held accountable, just like loyal citizens.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Other voices in this conversation
