I take the liberty of saying--and I wish that my words may reach his distant head-quarters--that every fugitive slave he surrenders will hereafter rise in judgment against him with a shame which no possible victory can remove.
Sumner expresses that every fugitive slave surrendered will serve as a moral indictment against the military leader responsible.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
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.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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