Charles Sumner: “Such is my sense not only of the importance, but of the necessity of this measure, so essential does it appear to me for…”

“Such is my sense not only of the importance, but of the necessity of this measure, so essential does it appear to me for the establishment of peace, security, and reconciliation, which I so earnestly covet, that I am unwilling to see it clogged, burdened, or embarrassed by anything else.”