I merely wish to allude to the notorious fact that for half a century before the Rebellion the proportion of persons in civil office in the Departments in Washington from the Southern States was very nearly, if not quite, two to one to those from all the other States.
Sumner highlights the disproportionate representation of Southern states in government positions prior to the Civil War.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Other voices in this conversation
