Then, Sir, farewell the equal rights of all! farewell an equal judiciary, which is the Palladium of just government! farewell trial by jury! farewell suffrage for all! farewell that system of public schools which is essential to the welfare of the community!--all sacrificed to this conspiracy.
Sumner passionately defends the importance of equal rights and institutions in this statement against a perceived conspiracy.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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