Chapter 10:
- Mr. Sumner's Tribute to Mr. Downing. -- his speech at Lowell. -- his speech respecting Armories. -- Mr. Sumner as a Correspondent. -- his Letters. -- the Pacific Railroad. -- Secret Sessions of the Senate. -- his election to Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1853. -- his speech on Military Affairs. -- on the basis of Representation. -- on the Bill of rights. -- “a finger point from Plymouth rock.” -- reply to Mr. Douglas. -- a day of trial. -- “Landmark of freedom.” -- importance of the question at issue. -- iniquity of the slave system. -- plea for the Missouri Compromise. -- the future of the anti-slavery cause. -- Commendatory Letters. -- speech on the final passage of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill. -- defence of the clergy. -- excitement in Boston. -- Mr. Sumner's life in Peril. -- his Fearlessness. -- Prediction of George Livermore.
Still groan the suffering millions in their chains;
Still is the arm of the oppressor strong;
Still Liberty doth bleed at all her veins;
And few are they who side not with the wrong:
Consider, then, your work as just begun,
Until the last decisive act be done.
If any man thinks that the interest of these nations and the interest of Christianity are two separate and distinct things, I wish my soul may never enter into his secret. --Oliver Cromwell.Mr. Sumner steadily availed himself of every opportunity to alleviate human suffering, and to promote the cause of freedom. As the needle to the pole, his eye turned to the tear
