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Carl Schurz was forced to flee Germany because of his political views and arrived in Wisconsin in 1855. He soon joined the abolitionist movement and Repubican Party, and rose to the rank of general in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. In this speech, he explains why the infant Republican Party took a strong stand against slavery. His opinions reflect popular sentiment among Wisconsin Republicans on the eve of the Civil War.Citation
Schurz, Carl. Slavery at war with the moral sentiment of the world: a speech by Carl Schurz, of Wisconsin, delivered in St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1860. (Albany? N.Y. : The Evening Journal?, 1860).