On the record
Naturally and inevitably they failed, as if they had attempted to describe black by words which might mean white, or to authorize crime by words which naturally mean something that is not crime.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He compares the failure to define slavery ambiguously to the absurdity of trying to describe colors incorrectly.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Other voices in this conversation
