On the record
In every colony, from Georgia to New Hampshire inclusively, the stamp distributors and inspectors have been compelled by the unconquerable rage of the people to renounce their offices.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner notes the widespread refusal of stamp distributors to enforce the Stamp Act due to public outrage.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Other voices in this conversation
