If in time of peace all Fugitive Slave Acts were offensive, as requiring what humanity and religion both condemn, they must at this moment be still more offensive, when Slavery, in whose behalf they were made, has risen in arms against the National Government.
Sumner asserts that the Fugitive Slave Acts are even more reprehensible during a time of conflict instigated by slavery.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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