Nor was I considering the merits of the Administration, or the merits, whether civil or military, of the President, but the annexion of San Domingo, on which I felt it my duty to express myself with the freedom which belongs to a Senator of the United States.
Sumner emphasizes his focus on the annexation of San Domingo rather than on the President's merits.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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