How vain, then, to adduce against confiscation and liberation, as war measures, an objection derived from the Constitution! and how vain, also, to offer a penal statute, under the Peace Powers of the Constitution, as a war measure!
Sumner critiques the use of constitutional objections against war measures like confiscation and liberation.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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