Still more, he was not naturally on the side of Liberty, as becomes a great judge, but always, by blood and instinct, on the side of prerogative and power,--an offence for which he was arraigned by his contemporary, Junius, and for which posterity will hold him to strict account.
Sumner critiques a judge for lacking moral courage and being biased towards authority rather than liberty.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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