Let this bill pass, and then will be accomplished the first practical triumph of Freedom, for which good men have longed, dying without the sight,--for which a whole generation has petitioned, and for which orators and statesmen have pleaded.
Sumner expresses hope that passing the bill will mark a significant victory for freedom.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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