All that I ask is, that, in harmony with the Declaration of Independence, there be complete equality before the law everywhere,--in the inn, on the highway, in the common school, in the church, on juries,--ay, Sir, and in the last resting-place on earth.
Sumner calls for complete legal equality for all individuals in various aspects of life, including religious settings.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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