I do not mean that the cordial support of every man or of every small locality is necessary; but I do mean that the public feelings, the public convictions, the public conscience, must not be touched, wounded, lacerated, by every endeavor to enforce it.
Sumner stresses the importance of public conscience in the enforcement of laws, advocating for sensitivity to public feelings.
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