Charles Sumner: “But when we take into consideration the selfish tendencies of business, the disposition of the strong to appropriate the…”

“But when we take into consideration the selfish tendencies of business, the disposition of the strong to appropriate the labor of the weak, and the reluctance of slave-masters to renounce habitual power, I have felt that Congress would fail in its duty, if it did not by special provision guard against any such outrage.”