In all that they do--especially in the Fugitive Slave Bill and its cruel enforcement, the Nebraska Bill and its felonious administration, and now in the imprisonment of an unoffending citizen--I rejoice to believe that there is unmistakable evidence of that madness which precedes a fall.
Sumner believes that the actions of the Slave Oligarchy show signs of impending downfall due to their madness.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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