Believing that duty to these millions is foremost, and that until they are secured in equal rights we cannot expect the tranquillity which all desire,--nay, Sir, we cannot expect the blessing of Almighty God upon our labors,--I bring forward this measure of justice to the colored race.
Sumner emphasizes the moral obligation to secure equal rights for millions of oppressed individuals as essential for national peace.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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