Before the adoption of the National Constitution it was declared in Massachusetts that there could be no distinction of color at the ballot-box; and this rule of equality is to be sacrificed, while fellow-citizens are thrust out of rights which they have enjoyed for generations.
Sumner recalls Massachusetts' historical commitment to racial equality at the ballot box.
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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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