I have read your speech of the 28th June with, I think, more thorough satisfaction and delight than any other in my life, not excepting even your first speech on the Fugitive Bill, for which I waited so impatiently, as your first great blow in the Senate against American Slavery.
Sumner reflects on the profound satisfaction he felt after reading a friend's impactful speech against American Slavery, marking it as a significant moment in his life.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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