Charles Sumner: “In my humble opinion, you have so effectually laid the axe at the root of the tree that thousands and tens of thousands…”

“In my humble opinion, you have so effectually laid the axe at the root of the tree that thousands and tens of thousands who have been indifferent or Proslavery will henceforth work for the deliverance of the bondman,--will labor to help cut the tree down.”