If a measure is deemed bad, unjust, scandalous, founded in wrong principles, and calculated to produce infinite mischief, all this must be said; and it must be said with plainness, according to the nature of the exigency.
Sumner argues that criticisms of a measure must be articulated clearly and forcefully when it is deemed harmful.
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