There are certain requirements of service, but the Senator knows well that nothing is more common than for cadets, especially military, to pass immediately from that education they have received at the expense of their country into occupations serving only their private advantage.
Sumner critiques the tendency of military cadets to prioritize personal gain over public service after their education.
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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…
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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