Each of them had a great part in the overthrow of the political forces that were on the side of slavery, and in the triumphant overthrow of the combination which would, if successful, have corrupted Massachusetts and made of her the worst instead of the best example on earth of republican self-government.
Hoar credits his friends with significant contributions to the abolition of slavery and the preservation of Massachusetts' values.
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