In the debate on the Nebraska Bill, at the overthrow of the Prohibition of Slavery, the Declaration of Independence was denounced as “a self-evident lie.” It is only by similar effrontery that the fundamental principle which sustains the proceedings in Kansas can be assailed.
Sumner defends the principles of the Declaration of Independence against accusations made during the debate on the Nebraska Bill.
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His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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