I disconnect myself from party,” he said, “whose iron grasp holds hard even upon the least of us, and mean in my little sphere, as a private individual, to serve what seems to me the cause of the country and humanity.
Sumner articulates his intention to serve the country and humanity outside of party politics, emphasizing individual agency.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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