Charles Sumner: “Every law put upon the statute-book by our fathers, with a view of carrying out the provisions of the Constitution, or…”

“Every law put upon the statute-book by our fathers, with a view of carrying out the provisions of the Constitution, or in pursuance of the spirit of the union between the States, I regret to see wiped out; but we have witnessed it, and I think the effort to delay is useless.”