Thus rather wise and prudent princes join Asia to Europe; they join and fasten nations together, not with boards or planks or surging brigandines, not with inanimate and insensible bonds, but by the ties of legitimate love, chaste nuptials, and the infallible gage of progeny.--PLUTARCH, Morals, ed.
Sumner reflects on the importance of genuine connections between nations, drawing from Plutarch's insights.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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