Let any one who has been abroad, or had personal acquaintance with those who have been abroad, bear testimony to the abounding ignorance in our foreign service, from the circumstance that there is nobody there, unless a hired foreigner, acquainted with the language, the laws, or the usages of the people about him.
Sumner highlights the lack of knowledge among U.S. representatives abroad, emphasizing the need for better education in foreign service.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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