Charles Sumner: “In the early case, Slavery was regarded by our fathers only as an existing FACT; and it is only as an existing FACT that…”

“In the early case, Slavery was regarded by our fathers only as an existing FACT; and it is only as an existing FACT that it can be regarded by us in the present case; nor is there any power of Congress, generously exerted for those distant captives, which may not be invoked for the captives in our own streets.”