Charles Sumner: “But the spirit of Freedom was then abroad in the land.”

As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.

Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.

Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.

It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.