Charles Sumner: “I would, if I could, make their example a universal lesson, and stamp it upon the land. (Applause.) The conscience which…”

“I would, if I could, make their example a universal lesson, and stamp it upon the land. (Applause.) The conscience which directed them should be the guide for our public councils; the just and equal laws which they required should be ordained by us; and the hospitality to Truth which was their rule should be ours.”