On the record
That is contrary to the spirit of our institutions, to the promises of the Declaration of Independence, and to all that is secured in the recent Constitutional Amendments.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “That is contrary to the spirit of our institutions, to the promises of the Declaration of Independence, and to all that…”
Editor's note · Context
He argues that the existence of separate schools contradicts the foundational principles of American democracy and the Constitution.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Other voices in this conversation
