On the record
Is this a white man’s government or is it a government of “all men,” as declared by our fathers?
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner questions whether the government truly represents all citizens or just white individuals.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Other voices in this conversation
