Augusta, who had served as a surgeon in the Army of the United States and was brevetted as a Lieutenant-Colonel, who had enjoyed office and honor under the National Government, has been excluded from the Medical Society of the District of Columbia on that old reason so often and persistently urged, merely of color.
Sumner condemns the exclusion of Augusta from the Medical Society due to racial discrimination, highlighting ongoing injustices.
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Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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