On the record
My precise objection is, that it does not put the government into loyal hands.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner articulates his main objection that the government is not being placed in loyal hands.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Other voices in this conversation
