If this bill should pass both Houses of Congress and become a law, I predict that in twelve months some negro will walk upon the floor of the Senate of the United States and carry his family into that gallery which is set apart for foreign ministers.
Sumner predicts the future presence of a Black senator in the U.S. Senate, highlighting the progress of racial equality.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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