On the record
With unparalleled generosity the nation has refused to confiscate Rebel property; and now it is proposed to confiscate Loyal property.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner highlights the nation's generosity in not confiscating rebel property while criticizing proposals to confiscate loyal property.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
By Perpetual Peace Kant understood a condition of nations where there could be no fear of War; and this condition, he said, was demanded by reason, which, abhorring all War, as little adapted to establish right, must regard this final…
Other voices in this conversation
