Lafayette, with remarkable condensation of phrase, replied, that he was in favor of Louis Philippe, not because, but notwithstanding he was a Bourbon,--“not because, but notwithstanding.” And in this famous saying of the great French-American you have terms strictly applicable to this case.
Sumner references Lafayette's famous remark to illustrate a principle applicable to his argument about military residency.
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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.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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