And is it true,” the stranger would exclaim, “that, in laying the foundations of this republic dedicated to human rights, all these wrongs were positively established?” He would ask to see that Constitution, and to know the fatal words by which the sacrifice was commanded.
Sumner imagines a stranger questioning the foundational principles of the republic in light of its acceptance of slavery.
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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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