Charles Sumner: “In this day of compromise and timidity, of bated breath and base concession, when it is the loathsome fashion to say…”

“In this day of compromise and timidity, of bated breath and base concession, when it is the loathsome fashion to say that the Slavery Question should be discussed only as a matter of profit and loss, it is refreshing to hear a Senator speak in the spirit of Jefferson and the Fathers.”