It will be the wonder of posterity that a constitution absolutely free from all discrimination of color was so perverted in its construction as to sanction this discrimination,--as if such a wrong could be derived from a text which contains no single word even to suggest it.
Sumner reflects on the irony of a constitution that allows racial discrimination despite its lack of explicit language supporting it.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
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