I aver that in nine cases out of ten within my own observation, where a white man has provoked an affray with a black, and savagely misused him, the black man has been fined for insolent language, because he did not receive the chastisement in submissive silence, while the white man has gone free.
Sumner shares his observations on racial injustice, illustrating the bias in legal consequences faced by black individuals.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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