President, I make these remarks with sincere reluctance; I am distressed in making them; but such an appropriation, engineered so vigorously, and having in its support such a concerted strength, must be met plainly and directly.
Sumner expresses his reluctance to speak against a strong appropriation effort for a statue, indicating the seriousness of the matter.
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