I had not intended to say a word on this occasion; but I could not listen to the remarks of the Senator, so harsh and unfeeling toward a whole race, belonging to the human family, like himself, without interposing a solemn protest.
Sumner expresses his moral obligation to protest against harsh remarks made by a fellow senator regarding race.
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