Charles Sumner: “If, like the Senator, I could forget this terrible war, with all the blood and treasure it has cost, I, too, could be…”

“If, like the Senator, I could forget this terrible war, with all the blood and treasure it has cost, I, too, could be indifferent to security for the future; but as that war is always in my mind, the Senator will pardon me, if I insist upon guaranties.”