On the record
And all these multiplying means of war, this drum-call in your peaceful streets and these gathering armies, are on account of Slavery, and that alone.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And all these multiplying means of war, this drum-call in your peaceful streets and these gathering armies, are on…”
Editor's note · Context
In this statement, Sumner connects the mobilization for war directly to the existence of slavery.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Disunion no remedy for grievances of, VII. 33.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Other voices in this conversation
