At the head of her Declaration of Rights she solemnly asserted that all men are born free and equal, and in the same Declaration surrounded the liberties of all within her borders by the inestimable rights of Trial by Jury and Habeas Corpus.
Sumner highlights the foundational principles of equality and rights as asserted in the Declaration of Rights.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
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