Charles Sumner: “The favor and good-will of my fellow-citizens, of my brethren of the Senate, Sir, grateful to me as they justly are, I…”

Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.

It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.

It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.

Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.