Charles Sumner: “Happily, that great controversy is ended; nor do I say anything but…”

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Happily, that great controversy is ended; nor do I say anything but the strict truth, when I add that now we bury him who spoke last for Slavery.

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Sumner reflects on the end of a significant controversy and the legacy of a speaker for slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “Happily, that great controversy is ended; nor do I say anything but the strict truth, when I add that now we bury him…”