Not “in the name of God and the Continental Congress,” as Ethan Allen summoned Ticonderoga,--but “in the name of Slavery.” In the name of Slavery, and nothing else, is all this crime, destruction, and ravage perpetrated; and the work still proceeds.
Sumner emphasizes that the violence and destruction during the Civil War were driven by the institution of slavery.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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