I think no great public calamity, not the death of Webster, not the death of Sumner, not the loss of great battles during the War, brought such a sense of gloom over the whole State as the surrender of Anthony Burns and of Sims.
Hoar compares the emotional weight of the surrender of fugitive slaves to other significant tragedies in Massachusetts history.
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He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
A complete system of education at the National charge was an essential element of the reconstruction policy.
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