Charles Sumner: “But with the advance of years, and as these early champions passed from the scene, it became more audacious, aggressive…”

“But with the advance of years, and as these early champions passed from the scene, it became more audacious, aggressive, and tyrannical, till at last it obtained the control of the government, and caused it to be administered, not in the spirit of Freedom, but in the spirit of Slavery.”