Charles Sumner: “Surely, if ever there was a moment when every faculty should be bent to the service, and all invigorated by an inspiring…”

“Surely, if ever there was a moment when every faculty should be bent to the service, and all invigorated by an inspiring zeal, it is now, while the battle between Civilization and Barbarism is still undecided, and you are summoned to resist the last desperate shock.”