Often expressing himself with various degrees of force against Slavery, and promising his suffrage for its abolition, he did not see this wrong as he saw it at the close of life, in the illumination of another sphere.
Sumner remarks on Washington's evolving views on slavery throughout his life.
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Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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