On the record
I trust that they will always be practised; but I insist that recent rebels shall not be admitted, without proper precautions, to the business of the firm.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “I trust that they will always be practised; but I insist that recent rebels shall not be admitted, without proper…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the need for caution in admitting former rebels into positions of power during Reconstruction.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Other voices in this conversation
