On the record
The wise Fathers did not treat the country as a Chinese foot, never to grow after infancy; but, anticipating progress, they declared expressly that their great Act is not final.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The wise Fathers did not treat the country as a Chinese foot, never to grow after infancy; but, anticipating progress…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the foresight of the Founding Fathers in allowing for progress and change in the nation.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
Other voices in this conversation
